1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Manfred Matuschewski East Germany
Silver	Franz-Josef Kemper West Germany
Bronze	Bodo Tümmler West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:45.9	CR NR
	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:46.0
	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:46.3
4	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:46.3	NR
5	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:46.7	NR
6	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:47.0
7	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:47.4	NR
8	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:47.9

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:47.9	Q
2	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.0	Q
3	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:48.1	Q
4	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.3	Q
5	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.7
6	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.8
7	Guy Taillard	France	1:49.2
8	Maurice Lurot	France	1:49.9

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:49.3	Q
2	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:49.4	Q
3	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:49.5	Q
4	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:49.5	Q
5	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.8
6	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:49.8
7	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:50.0
8	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:51.8

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.3	Q
2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:48.4	Q
3	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:48.6	Q
4	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:48.6
5	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	1:49.4
6	Petr Blaha	Czechoslovakia	1:49.9
7	Marnix Cocquyt	Belgium	1:53.7

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:48.1	Q
2	Guy Taillard	France	1:48.1	Q
3	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:48.2	Q
4	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:48.4	Q
5	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:48.4
6	Franco Arese	Italy	1:49.6
7	Imre Nagy	Hungary	1:50.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:48.7	Q
2	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.9	Q
3	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.1	Q
4	Hansueli Mumenthaler	Switzerland	1:49.3
5	Lorant Stoll	Hungary	1:50.3
6	Heikki Pippola	Finland	1:51.7
7	Gani Alia	Albania	1:52.4	NR
	Paul Roekaerts	Belgium	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.1	Q
2	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:48.2	Q
3	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.4	Q
4	Walter Adams	West Germany	1:48.8
5	Kenth Andersson	Sweden	1:49.0
6	Erik Zelazny	Poland	1:50.2
7	Dinos Michaelides	Greece	1:51.9
8	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	1:53.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:48.6	Q
2	Maurice Lurot	France	1:48.8	Q
3	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:48.9	Q
4	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:49.0
5	Remir Mitrofanov	Soviet Union	1:49.2
6	Preben Glue	Denmark	1:50.2
7	Ian Hamilton	Ireland	1:53.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belgium (3)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Ireland (3)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)