The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 3 September 1966.
Medalists Gold Viktor Kudinskiy Silver Anatoliy Kuryan Bronze Gaston Roelants
Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Viktor Kudinskiy 8:26.6 CR NR Anatoliy Kuryan 8:28.0 Gaston Roelants 8:28.8 4 Guy Texereau 8:30.0 NR 5 Manfred Letzerich 8:31.0 NR 6 Dieter Hartmann 8:31.6 NR 7 Zoltan Vamoș 8:34.0 NR 8 Maurice Herriott 8:37.0 9 Bengt Persson 8:38.0 10 Javier Álvarez 8:40.0 11 Aleksandr Morozov 8:40.6 12 Ernie Pomfret 8:40.6
Heats 1 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gaston Roelants 8:33.8 Q 2 Aleksandr Morozov 8:34.0 Q 3 Zoltan Vamoș 8:34.6 NR Q 4 Bengt Persson 8:35.4 Q 5 Jouko Kuha 8:36.2 NR 6 Manuel de Oliveira 8:44.0 7 Hans-Werner Wogatzky 8:49.4 8 Sandor Mate 9:03.2 9 Lachie Stewart 9:10.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Letzerich 8:45.2 Q 2 Dieter Hartmann 8:45.4 Q 3 Ernie Pomfret 8:46.8 Q 4 Viktor Kudinskiy 8:48.2 Q 5 Jan-Erik Karlsson 8:52.8 6 Jerzy Czaplewski 8:59.8 7 Petr Holas 9:06.8 István Jóny DNF
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Javier Álvarez 8:47.4 Q 2 Guy Texereau 8:47.8 Q 3 Maurice Herriott 8:48.2 Q 4 Anatoliy Kuryan 8:49.6 Q 5 Edward Motyl 8:52.0 6 Mikhail Zhelev 8:52.0 7 Karoly Magyar 8:54.4 8 Hartmut Neumann 8:57.8
Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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