1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 September 1966.[1]

Men's marathon
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Jim Hogan
  Great Britain
Silver Aurèle Vandendriessche
  Belgium
Bronze Gyula Tóth
  Hungary

Results

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Final

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4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jim Hogan   Great Britain 2:20:04.6
  Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 2:21:43.6
  Gyula Tóth   Hungary 2:22:02.0
4 Carlos Pérez   Spain 2:22:23.8
5 Anatoliy Skripnik   Soviet Union 2:23:14.8
6 Anatoliy Sukharkov   Soviet Union 2:23:33.8
7 Kalevi Ihaksi   Finland 2:23:38.6
8 Pavel Kantorek   Czechoslovakia 2:23:49.4
9 Gioacchino de Palma   Italy 2:25:10.6
10 Friedel Wiggershaus   West Germany 2:25:11.4
11 Maurice Peiren   Belgium 2:25:48.2
12 Ron Hill   Great Britain 2:26:04.8
13 Rudolf Salov   Soviet Union 2:26:08.6
14 Karl-Heinz Sievers   West Germany 2:26:50.8
15 Attila Tormási   Hungary 2:27:51.4
16 İsmail Akçay   Turkey 2:28:18.8
17 Gerhard Hönicke   East Germany 2:29:23.0
18 Václav Chudomel   Czechoslovakia 2:30:34.2
19 André Lacour   France 2:31:37.0
20 Gerhard Lange   East Germany 2:32:10.0
21 Heinrich Hagen   East Germany 2:33:26.2
22 Hüseyin Aktaş   Turkey 2:36:00.0
23 Zdzisław Bogusz   Poland 2:37:04.8
24 Njazi Dajçi   Albania 2:37:41.8
25 Graham Taylor   Great Britain 2:38:26.0
26 Daut Falli   Albania 2:46:02.0
Jean Aniset   Luxembourg DNF
Luigi Conti   Italy DNF
Antonio Ambu   Italy DNF
Franc Červan   Yugoslavia DNF
James McNamara   Ireland DNF
Henri Clerckx   Belgium DNF
József Sütő   Hungary DNF
Thyge Thøgersen   Denmark DNF
Aad Steylen   Netherlands DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 19 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