1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 1 September 1966.

Women's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Christine Spielberg East Germany
Silver	Liesel Westermann West Germany
Bronze	Anita Hentschel East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	57.76	CR
	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	57.38	NR
	Anita Hentschel	East Germany	56.80
4	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	56.24
5	Verzhinia Mikhailova	Bulgaria	53.68
6	Ingrid Lotz	East Germany	53.34
7	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	52.40
8	Štěpánka Mertová	Czechoslovakia	51.64
9	Lyudmila Shcherbakova	Soviet Union	50.56
10	Judit Stugner	Hungary	49.96
11	Kriemhild Limberg	West Germany	49.20
12	Elivia Ricci	Italy	48.80

Qualification

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	56.42	Q
2	Lyudmila Shcherbakova	Soviet Union	55.96	Q
3	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	53.94	Q
4	Štěpánka Mertová	Czechoslovakia	53.52	Q
5	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	53.28	Q
6	Judit Stugner	Hungary	53.12	Q
7	Anita Hentschel	East Germany	52.10	Q
8	Kriemhild Limberg	West Germany	52.02	Q
9	Ingrid Lotz	East Germany	51.60	Q
10	Verzhinia Mikhailova	Bulgaria	51.56	Q
11	Elivia Ricci	Italy	51.46	Q
12	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	49.66	Q
13	Lia Manoliu	Romania	49.44
14	Pina Thani	Albania	42.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• West Germany (2)