1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

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

Medalists[]

Gold	Lynn Davies  Great Britain
Silver	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jean Cochard  France

Results[]

Final[]

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	7.98	CR
	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.88
	Jean Cochard	France	7.88	NR
4	Leonid Barkovskyy	Soviet Union	7.74
5		Finland	7.68
6		West Germany	7.59
7	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.51
8	Pertti Pousi	Finland	7.46
9		Czechoslovakia	7.33
10	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.31
11	Jacques Pani	France	7.31
12		Soviet Union	7.30
13	Ali Brakchi	France	7.21

Qualification[]

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.67	Q
2		Finland	7.60	Q
3	Jean Cochard	France	7.60	Q
4	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	7.59	Q
5	Leonid Barkovskyy	Soviet Union	7.55	Q
6	Jacques Pani	France	7.54	Q
7	Pertti Pousi	Finland	7.53	Q
8		West Germany	7.52	Q
9		Czechoslovakia	7.49	Q
10	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.47	Q
11	Ali Brakchi	France	7.44	Q
12	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.42	Q
13		Soviet Union	7.42	Q
14	Raycho Tsonev	Bulgaria	7.36
15		Greece	7.35
16		Romania	7.30
17		Hungary	7.27
18		Romania	7.07
19		Hungary	6.72
20		Malta	6.02

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[]