1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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

Medalists Gold Wolfgang Nordwig Silver Christos Papanikolaou Bronze Hervé d'Encausse

Results Final 2 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Wolfgang Nordwig 5.10 CR Christos Papanikolaou 5.05 NR Hervé d'Encausse 5.00 4 Renato Dionisi 4.80 5 Ignacio Sola 4.80 6 Włodzimierz Sokołowski 4.80 7 Leszek Butscher 4.80 8 Claus Schiprowski 4.70 9 Klaus Lehnertz 4.70 10 Igor Feld 4.70 11 Waldemar Węcek 4.70 12 Rudolf Tomášek 4.60 13 Altti Alarotu 4.60 14 Karl-Gustav Burlin 4.60 15 Jean-Pierre Colusso 4.40 16 Mike Bull 4.40

Qualification 31 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Christos Papanikolaou 4.60 Q Ignacio Sola 4.60 Q Hervé d'Encausse 4.60 Q Leszek Butscher 4.60 Q Wolfgang Nordwig 4.60 Q Klaus Lehnertz 4.40 Q Karl-Gustav Burlin 4.40 Q Renato Dionisi 4.40 Q Igor Feld 4.40 Q Włodzimierz Sokołowski 4.40 Q Altti Alarotu 4.40 Q Waldemar Węcek 4.40 Q Jean-Pierre Colusso 4.40 Q Mike Bull 4.40 Q Rudolf Tomášek 4.40 Q Claus Schiprowski 4.40 Q Maurice Houvion 4.20 Paul Coppejans 4.20 Dimitar Khlebarov 4.20 Pavel Jindra 4.20 František Taftl NH Aldo Righi NH Risto Ivanoff NH Hans Lagerqvist NH Tapio Mertanen NH Hennadiy Bleznitsov NH János Miskei NH

Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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