The 1966 European Junior Games was the second edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was the first edition to have received official support from the European Athletic Association, following the unofficial first edition in 1964. The event was held at the Central Stadium Chornomorets in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on 24 and 25 September.[1]

1966 European Junior Games
LevelUnder 20
Events33
1964
1968

Men's results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Bernd Jacob (FRG) 10.7   Jochen Eigenherr (FRG) 10.7   Gérard Coupat (FRA) 10.8
200 metres   Jochen Eigenherr (FRG) 21.0   Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) 21.3   István Batori (HUN) 21.5
400 metres   Aleksandr Bratchikov (URS) 47.3   István Batori (HUN) 47.5   Jan Balachowski (POL) 47.8
800 metres   Bernard Hebert (FRA) 1:51.5   Jaroslav Včeliš (TCH) 1:51.6   Dieter Fromm (GDR) 1:51.9
1500 metres   Roberto Gervasini (ITA) 3:51.0   Werner Gosewinkel (FRG) 3:51.2   Vladan Đorđević (YUG) 3:52.6
3000 metres   Klaus Tietz (GDR) 8:22.4   Gerhard Fontana (FRG) 8:23.0   Jan-Olof Nilsson (SWE) 8:23.2
110 m hurdles   Yuriy Gorskiy (URS) 14.6   Aleksandr Demus (URS) 14.6   Dan Hidiosanu (ROM) 14.7
400 m hurdles   Mikhail Dolgy (URS) 53.3   Viktor Basilevich (URS) 53.4   Michel Montgermont (FRA) 53.5
1500 m s'chase   Otto Knarr (FRG) 4:09.7   Ulrich Hobeck (GDR) 4:10.8   Kazimierz Maranda (POL) 4:11.6
10,000 m walk   Mikhail Yefimovich (URS) 46:53.0   Aleksandr Popov (URS) 47:10.8   Vladislav Boháč (TCH) 47:31.0
4 × 100 m relay   France (FRA)
Gérard Coupat
Charles Tétaria
Jean-Claude Nallet
Charles Ducasse
40.6   West Germany (FRG)
Heiko Griese
Hartmut Menzel
Bernd Jacob
Joachim Eigenherr
40.8   Poland (POL)
Tadeusz Rostek
Henryk Cieciora
Andrzej Nowak
Stanisław Wagner
41.0
4 × 400 m relay   Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksander Ogorodnikov
Mikhail Dolgy
Viktor Lipagin
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:14.3   Poland (POL)
Waldemar Pyrzyński
Wiesław Stryczek
Stanisław Waśkiewicz
Jan Balachowski
3:14.7   Yugoslavia (YUG)
Jovan Mušković
Stojan Puač
Miloš Bucevski
Istvan Danko
3:16.1
Pole vault   Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) 4.60   Heinfried Engel (FRG) 4.60   Zygmunt Dobrosz (POL) 4.60
High jump   Bo Jonsson (SWE) 2.06   Anatoliy Moroz (URS) 2.03   Rudolf Baudis (TCH) 2.03
Long jump   Max Klauss (GDR) 7.59   Vladimir Skibenko (URS) 7.57   Marcin Święcicki (POL) 7.33
Triple jump   Anatoliy Kaynov (URS) 15.97   Nikolay Dudkin (URS) 15.75   Carol Corbu (ROM) 15.43
Shot put   Aleksander Tammert (URS) 16.71   Hans-Peter Gies (GDR) 16.55   František Žemba (TCH) 15.79
Discus throw   Ferenc Tégla (HUN) 52.92   Klaus-Peter Hennig (FRG) 52.20   František Žemba (TCH) 49.98
Hammer throw   Yuriy Ashmarin (URS) 60.94   Reinhard Theimer (GDR) 60.10   Vladimir Ambrosyev (URS) 56.28
Javelin throw
(old model)
  Renzo Cramerotti (ITA) 73.32   Harry Abraham (FRG) 72.88   Valeriy Belan (URS) 71.18
Decathlon   Viktor Chelnokov (URS) 7225 pts   Hans Nerlich (FRG) 7138 pts   Joachim Kirst (GDR) 6845 pts

Women's results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Brigitte Geyer (GDR) 12.2   Ljiljana Petnjaric (YUG) 12.2   Else Hadrup (DEN) 12.2
200 metres   Christina Heinich (GDR) 24.2   Nicole Montandon (FRA) 24.3   Mirna Jansen (NED) 24.5
400 metres   Ljiljana Petnjarić (YUG) 55.9   Wil Wokke (NED) 56.2   Ingrida Verbele (URS) 56.7
800 metres   Vera Nikolić (YUG) 2:03.4   Eeva-Liisa Kalliolahti (FIN) 2:08.1   Barbara Wieck (GDR) 2:09.0
80 m hurdles   Meta Antenen (SUI) 11.1   Teresa Sukniewicz (POL) 11.3   Nadezhda Betska (URS) 11.3
4 × 100 m relay   East Germany (GDR)
Bärbel Schrickel
Renate Meissner
Brigitte Geyer
Christina Heinich
46.2   France (FRA)
Dominique Descatoire
Jacqueline Peruzetto
Marie-France Vincent
Nicole Montandon
46.6   Soviet Union (URS)
Nadezhda Shelsara
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Yelena Molodtsova
Marina Nikiforova
46.9
High jump   Alena Prosková (TCH) 1.64   Valentyna Kozyr (URS) 1.61   Gun Nordlund (FIN) 1.61
Long jump   Tamara Kapysheva (URS) 5.98   Ivanka Koshnicharska (BUL) 5.97   Maria Solomon (ROM) 5.82
Shot put   Lyubov Kostushenko (URS) 14.25   Hannelore Friedel (GDR) 14.24   Barbara Schubert (GDR) 13.84
Discus throw   Hannelore Friedel (GDR) 46.56   Vladimíra Srbová (TCH) 45.62   Zsuzsa Nyitrai (HUN) 44.94
Javelin throw
(old model)
  Kaisa Launela (FIN) 51.82   Marilena Ciurea (ROM) 50.50   Ewa Gryziecka (POL) 48.14
Pentathlon   Meta Antenen (SUI) 4609 pts   Britt Johansson (SWE) 4370 pts   Margit Papp (HUN) 4319 pts

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)*117523
2  East Germany (GDR)64414
3  West Germany (FRG)38011
4  France (FRA)2327
5  Yugoslavia (YUG)2125
6  Finland (FIN)2114
7  Italy (ITA)2002
  Switzerland (SUI)2002
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1247
10  Hungary (HUN)1135
11  Sweden (SWE)1113
12  Poland (POL)0268
13  Romania (ROM)0134
14  Netherlands (NED)0112
15  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
16  Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (16 entries)33333399

References

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  1. ^ European Junior Championships. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-05-29.
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