1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Jānis Lūsis
  Soviet Union
Silver Władysław Nikiciuk
  Poland
Bronze Gergely Kulcsár
  Hungary

Results

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Final

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2 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Jānis Lūsis   Soviet Union 84.48 CR
  Władysław Nikiciuk   Poland 81.76
  Gergely Kulcsár   Hungary 80.54
4 Pauli Nevala   Finland 80.36
5 Miklós Németh   Hungary 79.82
6 Väinö Kuisma   Finland 79.26
7 Janusz Sidło   Poland 78.86
8 Manfred Stolle   East Germany 78.70
9 Karlo Gordzemashvili   Soviet Union 75.68
10 Miloš Vojtek   Czechoslovakia 72.52
11 Urs von Wartburg    Switzerland 72.06
12 Jorma Kinnunen   Finland 70.48

Qualification

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1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Władysław Nikiciuk   Poland 81.36 Q
2 Pauli Nevala   Finland 80.48 Q
3 Janusz Sidło   Poland 80.16 Q
4 Urs von Wartburg    Switzerland 79.14 Q
5 Miklós Németh   Hungary 78.34 Q
6 Karlo Gordzemashvili   Soviet Union 78.30 Q
7 Gergely Kulcsár   Hungary 77.64 Q
8 Jānis Lūsis   Soviet Union 77.00 Q
9 Jorma Kinnunen   Finland 76.60 Q
10 Väinö Kuisma   Finland 76.60 Q
11 Manfred Stolle   East Germany 75.50 Q
12 Miloš Vojtek   Czechoslovakia 74.88 Q
13 Mart Paama   Soviet Union 74.54
14 Terje Thorslund   Norway 74.20
15 Petelo Wakalina   France 74.12
16 Hermann Salomon   West Germany 73.24
17 Josef Dušátko   Czechoslovakia 73.18
18 Harry Abraham   West Germany 70.94
19 Eugen Stumpp   West Germany 70.90
20 Michel Pougheon   France 69.28
21 Gábor Kovács   Hungary 69.14
22 John FitzSimons   Great Britain 68.86
Willy Rasmussen   Norway NM

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014