title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
  
  The men's triple jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Georgi Stoykovski Bulgaria |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn East Germany |
  | Bronze | Henrik Kalocsai Hungary |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  4 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Georgi Stoykovski | Bulgaria | 16.67 | CR NR |
  | | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | East Germany | 16.66 | NR |
  | | Henrik Kalocsai | Hungary | 16.59 | NR |
  | 4 | Jan Jaskólski | Poland | 16.57 | |
  | 5 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.45 | |
  | 6 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 16.39 | |
  | 7 | Șerban Ciochină | Romania | 16.22 | |
  | 8 | Siegfried Dähne | East Germany | 16.17 | |
  | 9 | Giuseppe Gentile | Italy | 16.15 | |
  | 10 | Petr Nemšovský | Czechoslovakia | 16.14 | |
  | 11 | Vladimir Kurkyevich | Soviet Union | 16.00 | |
  | 12 | Fred Alsop | Great Britain | 15.93 | |
  | 13 | Anatoliy Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 15.77 | |
  | 14 | Zoltán Cziffra | Hungary | 15.73 | |
  | 15 | Dodyu Patarinski | Bulgaria | 15.65 | |
  | 16 | Nikolay Dudkin | Soviet Union | 15.46 | |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  3 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 16.46 | NR Q |
  | 2 | Șerban Ciochină | Romania | 16.42 | NR Q |
  | 3 | Giuseppe Gentile | Italy | 16.41 | Q |
  | 4 | Henrik Kalocsai | Hungary | 16.28 | Q |
  | 5 | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | East Germany | 16.11 | Q |
  | 6 | Vladimir Kurkyevich | Soviet Union | 16.11 | Q |
  | 7 | Anatoliy Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 16.09 | Q |
  | 8 | Petr Nemšovský | Czechoslovakia | 16.07 | Q |
  | 9 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.05 | Q |
  | 10 | Jan Jaskólski | Poland | 16.00 | Q |
  | 11 | Zoltán Cziffra | Hungary | 15.99 | Q |
  | 12 | Georgi Stoykovski | Bulgaria | 15.91 | Q |
  | 13 | Siegfried Dähne | East Germany | 15.91 | Q |
  | 14 | Nikolay Dudkin | Soviet Union | 15.84 | Q |
  | 15 | Fred Alsop | Great Britain | 15.83 | Q |
  | 16 | Dodyu Patarinski | Bulgaria | 15.82 | Q |
  | 17 | Pertti Pousi | Finland | 15.67 | |
  | 18 | František Krupala | Czechoslovakia | 15.60 | |
  | 19 | Martin Jensen | Norway | 15.58 | |
  | 20 | Günther Krivec | West Germany | 15.58 | |
  | 21 | Andrzej Puławski | Poland | 15.55 | |
  | 22 | Aşkın Tuna | Turkey | 15.53 | |
  | 23 | Evangelos Vlassis | Greece | 15.39 | |
  | 24 | Dragán Ivanov | Hungary | 15.22 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Bulgaria (2)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * East Germany (2)
  * Finland (1)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (3)
  * Italy (1)
  * Norway (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Romania (1)
  * Soviet Union (3)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Great Britain (1)
  * West Germany (2)
  