1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships on a Hungarian stamp

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

Medalists

Gold	Lynn Davies United Kingdom
Silver	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union
Bronze	Jean Cochard France

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Lynn Davies	United Kingdom	7.98	CR
	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.88
	Jean Cochard	France	7.88	NR
4	Leonid Barkovskiy	Soviet Union	7.74
5	Rainer Stenius	Finland	7.68
6	Hermann Latzel	West Germany	7.59
7	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.51
8	Pertti Pousi	Finland	7.46
9	Miroslav Hutter	Czechoslovakia	7.33
10	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.31
11	Jacques Pani	France	7.31
12	German Klimov	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	Rainer Stenius	Finland	7.60	Q
3	Jean Cochard	France	7.60	Q
4	Lynn Davies	United Kingdom	7.59	Q
5	Leonid Barkovskiy	Soviet Union	7.55	Q
6	Jacques Pani	France	7.54	Q
7	Pertti Pousi	Finland	7.53	Q
8	Hermann Latzel	West Germany	7.52	Q
9	Miroslav Hutter	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	German Klimov	Soviet Union	7.42	Q
14	Raycho Tsonev	Bulgaria	7.36
15	Dimosthenios Manglaras	Greece	7.35
16	Adrian Samungi	Romania	7.30
17	József Hossala	Hungary	7.27
18	Vasile Sarucan	Romania	7.07
19	Béla Margitics	Hungary	6.72
20	Alfred Bajada	Malta	6.02

Participation

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

• Malta (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)

• Finland (3)
• France (3)
• Greece (1)

• Hungary (2)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)

• Soviet Union (3)
• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (1)