1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Taisiya Chenchik Soviet Union
Silver	Lyudmila Komleva Soviet Union
Bronze	Jarosława Bieda Poland

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Taisiya Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.75
	Lyudmila Komleva	Soviet Union	1.73
	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.71
4	Mária Faithová	Czechoslovakia	1.71
5	Olga Pulić	Yugoslavia	1.71
6	Marjan Thomas	Netherlands	1.68
7	Dagmar Melzer	East Germany	1.65
8	Dorothy Shirley	Great Britain	1.65
9	Radmila Hušková	Czechoslovakia	1.65
9	Bärbel Graf	East Germany	1.65
11	Vera Bernardová	Czechoslovakia	1.65
12	Gabriele Thiele	East Germany	1.60
12	Geneviève Laureau	France	1.60
14	Gun Nordlund	Finland	1.60
15	Ilona Majdan	Austria	1.60
16	Erika Stoenescu	Romania	1.60
17	Inger Husted	Denmark	1.60
	Valentina Kozyr	Soviet Union	DNS

Qualification

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.65	Q
	Mária Faithová	Czechoslovakia	1.65	Q
	Dorothy Shirley	Great Britain	1.65	Q
	Taisiya Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.65	Q
	Gabriele Thiele	East Germany	1.65	Q
	Valentina Kozyr	Soviet Union	1.65	Q
	Marjan Thomas	Netherlands	1.65	Q
	Olga Pulić	Yugoslavia	1.65	Q
	Bärbel Graf	East Germany	1.65	Q
	Lyudmila Komleva	Soviet Union	1.65	Q
	Dagmar Melzer	East Germany	1.60	Q
	Gun Nordlund	Finland	1.60	Q
	Inger Husted	Denmark	1.60	Q
	Erika Stoenescu	Romania	1.60	Q
	Radmila Hušková	Czechoslovakia	1.60	Q
	Ilona Majdan	Austria	1.60	Q
	Geneviève Laureau	France	1.60	Q
	Vera Bernardová	Czechoslovakia	1.60	Q
	Rita Vanherck	Belgium	1.55
	Nevenka Mrinjek	Yugoslavia	1.55
	Anna Noszály	Hungary	1.55
	Solveig Rasmussen	Denmark	1.55
	Marjeta Pronjari	Albania	NH
	Sigrún Sæmundsdóttir	Iceland	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)

• Denmark (2)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)

• Hungary (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)

• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Great Britain (1)
• Yugoslavia (2)