1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Werner von Moltke  West Germany
Silver	Jörg Mattheis  West Germany
Bronze	Horst Beyer  West Germany

Results

Final

30 August/1 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Werner von Moltke	West Germany	11.0	7.18	15.55	1.85	50.1	15.1	45.74	4.20	62.96	4:53.5	7607 (7740)
	Jörg Mattheis	West Germany	11.3	7.17	14.45	1.88	50.0	16.2w	45.48	3.70	67.98	4:26.9	7478 (7614)
	Horst Beyer	West Germany	11.5	6.89	14.73	1.88	49.5	14.9	41.80	4.10	56.36	4:17.9	7479 (7562)
4	Max Klauß	East Germany	11.0	7.61	12.94	1.91	49.8	16.7w	40.38	4.35	53.10	4:44.6	7280 (7446)
5	Rein Aun	Soviet Union	11.3	7.01	13.52	1.85	50.6	16.0w	42.76	4.10	57.60	4:32.8	7210 (7378)
6	Jüri Otsmaa	Soviet Union	11.4	6.83	13.93	1.94	51.3	15.4	38.02	3.80	53.48	4:31.4	7054 (7236)
7	Mykhaylo Storozhenko	Soviet Union	11.5	6.95	14.48	1.88	54.5	15.1w	45.18	4.00	54.76	4:57.5	7002 (7172)
8	Werner Duttweiler	Switzerland	11.4	6.95	13.52	1.85	52.4	15.4w	36.66	4.40	53.06	4:42.0	6999 (7165)
9	Clive Longe	Great Britain	11.3	6.62	15.09	1.70	51.7	15.6w	46.46	4.00	55.60	4:49.9	6996 (7160)
10	Walter Dießl	Austria	11.1	6.74	13.79	1.75	51.3	15.1	38.96	4.00	46.96	4:42.0	6869 (7055)
11	Manfred Tiedtke	East Germany	11.3	6.83	14.66	1.91	50.6	15.4	38.26	3.50	53.40	5:04.6	6849 (7035)
12	Franco Sar	Italy	11.5	6.21	13.61	1.75	53.2	14.9w	47.58	4.10	52.42	5:06.6	6735 (6904)
13	Jerzy Detko	Poland	11.5	6.59	14.22	1.88	52.0	15.5w	43.28	3.80	54.30	4:47.2	6922 (6896)
14	Steen Smidt-Jensen	Denmark	11.5	6.59	11.94	1.85	52.0	15.5w	36.12	4.30	42.45	4:25.8	6713 (6887)
15	Gert Herunter	Austria	11.1	6.77	11.78	1.85	50.6	15.2w	34.22	3.60	48.76	4:38.6	6703 (6883)
16	Bruno Poserina	Italy	11.8	6.70	13.45	1.75	52.3	15.3w	48.32	3.20	53.08	4:26.2	6802 (6856)
17	Horst Mandl	Austria	11.6	7.02	12.88	1.85	52.4	15.4	36.20	3.70	52.24	4:49.8	6671 (6847)
18	Derek Clarke	Great Britain	11.7	6.32	13.09	1.60	51.8	15.7	42.92	3.40	58.46	4:24.5	6601 (6842)
19	Tadeusz Grzegorzewski	Poland	11.4	6.64	12.82	1.70	53.1	15.5	42.16	4.20	57.78	5:11.8	6665 (6833)
20	Bernard Castang	France	11.3	6.54	14.55	1.75	50.6	16.5	43.82	3.20	50.68	5:04.0	6516 (6709)
21	Urs Trautmann	Switzerland	11.9	6.11	13.46	1.85	53.5	16.4w	41.58	3.60	58.20	4:44.2	6487 (6673)
22	Gyula Hubai	Hungary	11.6	6.24	12.83	1.80	53.1	16.5	43.08	4.45	46.38	5:07.5	6454 (6650)
23	Robert Lespagnard	Belgium	11.5	6.47	11.78	1.80	50.6	16.6w	30.08	4.10	45.60	4:30.0	6416 (6601)
24	Charlemagne Anyamah	France	11.2	6.33	13.49	1.75	51.4	15.9w	36.36	3.30	46.78	4:57.4	6306 (6502)
25	Suat Jegeni	Albania	11.9	6.28	10.85	1.70	53.4	17.4	35.18	3.70	40.94	4:22.4	5924 (6131)
	József Bákái	Hungary	11.4	6.65	13.39	1.70	53.4	16.3w	47.34	4.00	NM		DNF
	Roland Sedleger	Switzerland	11.2	6.84	11.75								DNF
	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	DNF										DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Albania (1)  Austria (3)  Belgium (1)  Denmark (1)

East Germany (2)  France (2)  Hungary (2)  Iceland (1)

Italy (2)  Poland (2)  Soviet Union (3)

Switzerland (3)  Great Britain (2)  West Germany (3)

References

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