1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August, 1 and 2 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Roberto Frinolli Italy
Silver	Gerd Lössdorfer West Germany
Bronze	Robert Poirier France

Results

Final

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	49.8
	Gerd Lössdorfer	West Germany	50.3
	Robert Poirier	France	50.5
4	Vasyl Anisimov	Soviet Union	50.5
5	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	50.9
6	Horst Gieseler	West Germany	51.2
7	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	51.3
8	Alain Hébrard	France	52.9

Semi-finals

1 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	50.3	Q
2	Alain Hébrard	France	50.7	Q
3	Gerd Lössdorfer	West Germany	50.7	Q
4	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	50.9	Q
5	Bertil Vistam	Sweden	52.1
6	Robin Woodland	Great Britain	52.3
7	Edvīns Zāģeris	Soviet Union	52.3
8	Helmut Haid	Austria	53.6

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Horst Gieseler	West Germany	50.5	Q
2	Robert Poirier	France	50.6	Q
3	Vasyl Anisimov	Soviet Union	50.7	Q
4	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	50.7	Q
5	John Sherwood	Great Britain	50.7
6	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	51.0
7	Stanisław Gubiec	Poland	51.7
8	Peter Warden	Great Britain	53.4

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gerd Lössdorfer	West Germany	52.0	Q
2	Alain Hébrard	France	52.1	Q
3	Helmut Haid	Austria	52.8	Q
4	John Sherwood	Great Britain	54.2	Q
5	Cengiz Akıncı	Turkey	55.0
6	Vincenc Kacagjeli	Albania	55.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	51.0	Q
2	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	52.2	Q
3	Bertil Vistam	Sweden	52.3	Q
4	Robin Woodland	Great Britain	52.7	Q
5	Gerd Hennige	West Germany	54.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Horst Gieseler	West Germany	51.1	Q
2	Vasyl Anisimov	Soviet Union	51.8	Q
3	Stanisław Gubiec	Poland	52.1	Q
4	Peter Warden	Great Britain	52.4	Q
5	John Skjelvaag	Norway	52.6
6	Ferenc Oros	Hungary	53.4

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Poirier	France	51.3	Q
2	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	51.6	Q
3	Edvīns Zāģeris	Soviet Union	52.1	Q
4	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	52.4	Q
5	Leif Librand	Sweden	52.6
6	Luigi Carrozza	Italy	52.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)