The 1966 European Indoor Games were the first edition of what later became the European Athletics Indoor Championships. These games took place on 27 March 1966 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, a city of West Germany. It was the only edition held on a single day – since 1967 the duration was extended to two days and since 1992 to three.
The track used for the championships was 160 metres long.
Medal summary
Men 6.6 =WB 6.6 =WB 6.6 =WB 47.9 48.3 49.0 1:49.7 1:50.8 1:51.0 3:43.8 3:46.7 3:47.2 7:56.0 7:57.2 8:05.0 7.7 =WB 7.8 7.9Jörg JüttnerRainer KunterHans ReinermannJens Ulbrich 2:30.1Miroslav VerukJuraj DemečLadislav KrizJosef Trousil 2:31.0Only two teams startedLeonhard HändlWerner KrönkeRolf KrüsmannJürgen Schröter 3:22.0Bruno BianchiIto GianiSergio OttolinaSergio Bello 3:22.2Werner OijzersWilly VandewyngaerdenGeorges WijnantsAlbert van Hoorn 3:27.2 2.17 2.11 2.08 4.90 4.80 4.70 8.23 7.79 7.63 16.43 16.35 16.28 19.05 18.25 18.08
Women 7.3 7.3 7.4 56.9 57.2 57.3 2:07.9 2:10.8 2:11.6 8.1 WB 8.4 8.4Renate MeyerErika RostHannelore TrabertKirsten Roggenkamp 1:18.4Ljiljana PetnjarićMarijana LubejJelisaveta ĐanićOlga Šikovec 1:21.7Libuše MacounováAlena HiltscherováEva KucmanováEva Lehocká 1:22.3 1.76 1.73 1.65 6.73 6.53 6.54 17.30 17.00 16.95
Medal table
Participating nations
(1) (13) (19) (3) (8) (11) (8) (2) (8) (1) (2) (12) (2) (4) (3) (13) (6) (8) (9) (2) (40) (11)
References 1966 European Indoor Games Results Medallists – men at GBRathletics.com Medallists – women at GBRathletics.com