title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 3 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Viktor Kudinskiy Soviet Union |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Anatoliy Kuryan Soviet Union |
  | Bronze | Gaston Roelants Belgium |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  3 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Viktor Kudinskiy | Soviet Union | 8:26.6 | CR NR |
  | | Anatoliy Kuryan | Soviet Union | 8:28.0 | |
  | | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 8:28.8 | |
  | 4 | Guy Texereau | France | 8:30.0 | NR |
  | 5 | Manfred Letzerich | West Germany | 8:31.0 | NR |
  | 6 | Dieter Hartmann | East Germany | 8:31.6 | NR |
  | 7 | Zoltan Vamoș | Romania | 8:34.0 | NR |
  | 8 | Maurice Herriott | Great Britain | 8:37.0 | |
  | 9 | Bengt Persson | Sweden | 8:38.0 | |
  | 10 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 8:40.0 | |
  | 11 | Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 8:40.6 | |
  | 12 | Ernie Pomfret | Great Britain | 8:40.6 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  1 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gaston Roelants | Belgium | 8:33.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 8:34.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Zoltan Vamoș | Romania | 8:34.6 | NR Q |
  | 4 | Bengt Persson | Sweden | 8:35.4 | Q |
  | 5 | Jouko Kuha | Finland | 8:36.2 | NR |
  | 6 | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | 8:44.0 | |
  | 7 | Hans-Werner Wogatzky | West Germany | 8:49.4 | |
  | 8 | Sandor Mate | Hungary | 9:03.2 | |
  | 9 | Lachie Stewart | Great Britain | 9:10.2 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manfred Letzerich | West Germany | 8:45.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Dieter Hartmann | East Germany | 8:45.4 | Q |
  | 3 | Ernie Pomfret | Great Britain | 8:46.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Viktor Kudinskiy | Soviet Union | 8:48.2 | Q |
  | 5 | Jan-Erik Karlsson | Sweden | 8:52.8 | |
  | 6 | Jerzy Czaplewski | Poland | 8:59.8 | |
  | 7 | Petr Holas | Czechoslovakia | 9:06.8 | |
  | | István Jóny | Hungary | DNF | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 8:47.4 | Q |
  | 2 | Guy Texereau | France | 8:47.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Maurice Herriott | Great Britain | 8:48.2 | Q |
  | 4 | Anatoliy Kuryan | Soviet Union | 8:49.6 | Q |
  | 5 | Edward Motyl | Poland | 8:52.0 | |
  | 6 | Mikhail Zhelev | Bulgaria | 8:52.0 | |
  | 7 | Karoly Magyar | Hungary | 8:54.4 | |
  | 8 | Hartmut Neumann | West Germany | 8:57.8 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Belgium (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * East Germany (1)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (1)
  * Hungary (3)
  * Poland (2)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * Soviet Union (3)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Great Britain (3)
  * West Germany (3)
  