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1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

References※