1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Jan Werner Edmund Borowski Stanisław Grędziński Andrzej Badeński Poland
Silver	Friedrich Roderfeld Jens Ulbricht Rolf Krüsmann Manfred Kinder West Germany
Bronze	Joachim Both Günther Klann Michael Zerbes Wilfried Weiland East Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Jan Werner Edmund Borowski Stanisław Grędziński Andrzej Badeński	3:04.5	CR NR
	West Germany	Friedrich Roderfeld Jens Ulbricht Rolf Krüsmann Manfred Kinder	3:04.8
	East Germany	Joachim Both Günther Klann Michael Zerbes Wilfried Weiland	3:05.7	NR
4	France	Jean-Pierre Boccardo Jean-Claude Nallet Robert Poirier Michel Samper	3:05.7	NR
5	Great Britain	John Adey John Sherwood Martin Winbolt-Lewis Tim Graham	3:05.9
6	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Roberto Frinolli Furio Fusi Sergio Bello	3:06.5	NR
7	Czechoslovakia	Josef Hegyes Jaromír Haisl Pavel Penkava Josef Trousil	3:09.3
8	Hungary	László Horváth Imre Nemesházi Gyula Rábai István Bátori	3:10.3

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Jens Ulbricht Manfred Kinder Rolf Krüsmann Friedrich Roderfeld	3:07.1	Q
2	Great Britain	John Adey John Sherwood Martin Winbolt-Lewis Tim Graham	3:07.2	Q
3	Hungary	István Bátori Gyula Rábai László Horváth István Gyulai	3:07.9	Q
4	Czechoslovakia	Josef Trousil Josef Hegyes Jaromír Haisl Ladislav Kříž	3:08.1	Q
5	Soviet Union	Hryhoriy Sverbetov Aleksandr Ivanov Vasyl Anisimov Boris Savchuk	3:09.3
6	Greece	Nikolaos Regoukos Dimosthenis Koutsoulis Konstantinos Mihailidis Athanasios Vogiatzis	3:14.2

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Andrzej Badeński Stanisław Grędziński Edmund Borowski Jan Werner	3:14.8	Q
2	East Germany	Wilfried Weiland Michael Zerbes Joachim Both Günther Klann	3:17.0	Q
3	France	Jean-Pierre Boccardo Michel Samper Robert Poirier Jean-Claude Nallet	3:17.4	Q
4	Italy	Sergio Bello Bruno Bianchi Roberto Frinolli Furio Fusi	3:17.4	Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (5)
• East Germany (4)
• France (4)
• Greece (4)
• Hungary (5)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)