1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Medalists edit

Gold	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska Poland
Silver	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Karin Frisch Jutta Stöck West Germany
Bronze	Vera Popkova Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Renāte Lāce Soviet Union

4 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska	44.49	CR
	West Germany	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Karin Frisch Jutta Stöck	44.60	NR
	Soviet Union	Vera Popkova Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Renāte Lāce	44.70
4	Hungary	Margit Nemesházi Erzsébet Bartos Annamária Tóth Ida Such	45.1
5	East Germany	Renate Heldt Ingrid Tiedtke Ursula Böhm Christina Heinich	45.3
6	Great Britain	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.4
7	Netherlands	Truus Hennipman Martha Klaasen Wilma van den Berg Lidy Vonk	45.6
8	France	Danièle Guéneau Sylviane Telliez Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon	45.7	NR

3 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska	44.7	Q
2	East Germany	Christina Heinich Renate Heldt Ingrid Tiedtke Ursula Böhm	45.3	Q
3	Hungary	Margit Nemesházi Erzsébet Bartos Annamária Tóth Ida Such	45.3	Q
4	Great Britain	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.6	Q
5	Norway	Maj Lena Andersen Tove Bakkejord Berit Berthelsen Kirsten Rothe	45.9	NR

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Hannelore Trabert Jutta Stöck Renate Meyer Karin Frisch	44.9	Q
2	Soviet Union	Renāte Lāce Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Vera Popkova	45.0	Q
3	France	Danièle Guéneau Sylviane Telliez Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon	45.8	NR Q
4	Netherlands	Truus Hennipman Martha Klaasen Wilma van den Berg Lidy Vonk	45.9	Q
5	Czechoslovakia	Eva Lehocká Eva Kucmanová Vlasta Přikrylová Alena Hiltscherova	46.0

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.