1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

Men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships on a Hungarian stamp

The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Detlef Thorith  East Germany
Silver	Hartmut Losch  East Germany
Bronze	Lothar Milde  East Germany

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Detlef Thorith	East Germany	57.42
02 !	Hartmut Losch	East Germany	57.34
03 !	Lothar Milde	East Germany	56.80
4	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland	56.76
5	Ludvík Daněk	Czechoslovakia	56.24
6	Silvano Simeon	Italy	55.96
7	Zenon Begier	Poland	55.94
8	Jiří Žemba	Czechoslovakia	54.20
9	Vytautas Jaras	Soviet Union	53.98
10	Heimo Reinitzer	Austria	53.72
11	Hein-Direck Neu	West Germany	53.66
12	Ernst Soudek	Austria	53.46

Qualification

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vytautas Jaras	Soviet Union	57.54	CR Q
2	Ludvík Daněk	Czechoslovakia	56.86	Q
3	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland	56.74	Q
4	Lothar Milde	East Germany	56.70	Q
5	Detlef Thorith	East Germany	56.42	Q
6	Hartmut Losch	East Germany	55.84	Q
7	Zenon Begier	Poland	55.30	Q
8	Ernst Soudek	Austria	54.38	Q
9	Hein-Direck Neu	West Germany	54.32	Q
10	Jiří Žemba	Czechoslovakia	54.22	Q
11	Silvano Simeon	Italy	54.20	Q
12	Heimo Reinitzer	Austria	54.08	Q
13	Flavio Asta	Italy	53.60
14	Géza Fejér	Hungary	53.22
15	Jens Reimers	West Germany	53.02
16	Vladimir Trusenyev	Soviet Union	53.02
17	János Faragó	Hungary	52.84
18	Lars Haglund	Sweden	51.06
19	Erik Uddebom	Sweden	50.96
20	Alain Drufin	France	49.84
21	Bill Tancred	United Kingdom	48.36
22	Georgios Tsakanikas	Greece	47.96
23	Marcel Hertogs	Belgium	47.36
24	Ramazan Driza	Albania	45.18

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References