title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 2 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Christos Papanikolaou Greece |
  | Bronze | Hervé d'Encausse France |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  2 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 5.10 | CR |
  | | Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 5.05 | NR |
  | | Hervé d'Encausse | France | 5.00 | |
  | 4 | Renato Dionisi | Italy | 4.80 | |
  | 5 | Ignacio Sola | Spain | 4.80 | |
  | 6 | Włodzimierz Sokołowski | Poland | 4.80 | |
  | 7 | Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.80 | |
  | 8 | Claus Schiprowski | West Germany | 4.70 | |
  | 9 | Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.70 | |
  | 10 | Igor Feld | Soviet Union | 4.70 | |
  | 11 | Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.70 | |
  | 12 | Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.60 | |
  | 13 | Altti Alarotu | Finland | 4.60 | |
  | 14 | Karl-Gustav Burlin | Sweden | 4.60 | |
  | 15 | Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | |
  | 16 | Mike Bull | Great Britain | 4.40 | |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  31 August
  
  | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 4.60 | Q |
  | Ignacio Sola | Spain | 4.60 | Q |
  | Hervé d'Encausse | France | 4.60 | Q |
  | Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.60 | Q |
  | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 4.60 | Q |
  | Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.40 | Q |
  | Karl-Gustav Burlin | Sweden | 4.40 | Q |
  | Renato Dionisi | Italy | 4.40 | Q |
  | Igor Feld | Soviet Union | 4.40 | Q |
  | Włodzimierz Sokołowski | Poland | 4.40 | Q |
  | Altti Alarotu | Finland | 4.40 | Q |
  | Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.40 | Q |
  | Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | Q |
  | Mike Bull | Great Britain | 4.40 | Q |
  | Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.40 | Q |
  | Claus Schiprowski | West Germany | 4.40 | Q |
  | Maurice Houvion | France | 4.20 | |
  | Paul Coppejans | Belgium | 4.20 | |
  | Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | 4.20 | |
  | Pavel Jindra | Czechoslovakia | 4.20 | |
  | František Taftl | Czechoslovakia | NH | |
  | Aldo Righi | Italy | NH | |
  | Risto Ivanoff | Finland | NH | |
  | Hans Lagerqvist | Sweden | NH | |
  | Tapio Mertanen | Sweden | NH | |
  | Hennadiy Bleznitsov | Soviet Union | NH | |
  | János Miskei | Hungary | NH | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Belgium (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (3)
  * East Germany (1)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (3)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Poland (3)
  * Soviet Union (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sweden (3)
  * Great Britain (1)
  * West Germany (2)
  