1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck France
Silver	Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov Soviet Union
Bronze	Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck	39.4	CR
	Soviet Union	Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov	39.8
	West Germany	Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg	39.8
4	East Germany	Harald Eggers Rainer Berger Heinz Erbstösser Hermann Burde	40.0
5	Great Britain	Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly	40.1
6	Italy	Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina	40.2
7	Czechoslovakia	Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž	40.6
8	Netherlands	Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk	40.7

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Harald Eggers Heinz Erbstösser Rainer Berger Hermann Burde	39.8	Q
2	Italy	Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina	40.0	Q
3	Great Britain	Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly	40.0	Q
4	Netherlands	Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk	40.0	Q
5	Poland	Włodzimierz Anielak Jan Werner Marian Dudziak Wiesław Maniak	40.6
6	Greece	Panagiotis Nikolaidis Haris Aivaliotis Nikolaos Argiris Georgios Mikelidis	41.4
7	Albania	Tomi Stefanllari Bashkim Pacrami Rasim Kraja Clirim Balluku	42.8

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck	39.5	CR Q
2	West Germany	Manfred Knickenberg Dieter Enderlein Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz	39.8	Q
3	Soviet Union	Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov	39.8	Q
4	Czechoslovakia	Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž	40.6	Q
5	Hungary	Imre Babos Huba Rozsnyai Lajos Hajdú Gyula Rábai	40.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (4)
• Czechoslovakia (4)
• East Germany (4)
• France (4)
• Greece (4)
• Hungary (4)
• Italy (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)