1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Haase East Germany
Silver	Lajos Mecser Hungary
Bronze	Leonid Mikitenko Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:26.0
	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	28:27.0
	Leonid Mikitenko	Soviet Union	28:32.2
4	Manfred Letzerich	West Germany	28:36.8
5	Allan Rushmer	Great Britain	28:37.8
6	Bruce Tulloh	Great Britain	28:50.4
7	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	28:52.2
8	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	28:59.6
9	Jim Alder	Great Britain	28:59.8
10	Gennadiy Khlistovs	Soviet Union	29:00.6
11	Franc Červan	Yugoslavia	29:00.8	NR
12	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	29:07.8
13	József Sütő	Hungary	29:24.8
14	Peter Kubicki	West Germany	29:26.0
15	Bengt Nåjde	Sweden	29:28.8
16	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	29:29.8
17	Nicolae Mustafa	Romania	29:40.0
18	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland	29:51.2
19	Josef Tomáš	Czechoslovakia	29:56.0
20	Şükrü Saban	Turkey	30:30.8
	Mikko Ala-Leppilampi	Finland	DNF
	Andrei Barabaș	Romania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (1)
• Hungary (3)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)