title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
  
  The men's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Roger Bambuck France |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Marian Dudziak Poland |
  | Bronze | Jean-Claude Nallet France |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  2 September Wind: 0.0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Roger Bambuck | France | 20.93 |
  | | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 21.0 |
  | | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 21.0 |
  | 4 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.1 |
  | 5 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.3 |
  | 6 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.4 |
  | 7 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.5 |
  | 8 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.7 |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  1 September
  
  **Semi-final 1**
  
  Wind: 0.9 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 20.90 | Q |
  | 2 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.25 | Q |
  | 3 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.29 | Q |
  | 4 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.32 | Q |
  | 5 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 21.33 | |
  | 6 | Leo de Winter | Netherlands | 21.33 | |
  | 7 | István Gyulai | Hungary | 21.58 | |
  | 8 | Josef Schwarz | West Germany | 21.64 | |
  
  **Semi-final 2**
  
  Wind: 0.9 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 20.9 | Q |
  | 2 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.2 | Q |
  | 4 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.2 | Q |
  | 5 | Amin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 21.2 | |
  | 6 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 21.2 | |
  | 7 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 21.3 | |
  | 8 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.5 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  1 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  Wind: -1.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.3 | Q |
  | 2 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.5 | Q |
  | 3 | Josef Schwarz | West Germany | 21.6 | Q |
  | 4 | Pierre Burrelier | France | 21.6 | |
  | 5 | Mel Cheskin | Great Britain | 21.8 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  Wind: -0.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 21.2 | Q |
  | 3 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.4 | Q |
  | 4 | Haris Aivaliotis | Greece | 21.6 | |
  | 5 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 21.6 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  Wind: 0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 21.1 | Q |
  | 2 | Amin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 21.4 | Q |
  | 3 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.4 | Q |
  | 4 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.4 | |
  | 5 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 21.4 | |
  | 6 | Edward Romanowski | Poland | 21.5 | |
  | 7 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 21.8 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  Wind: 0.6 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.1 | Q |
  | 2 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 21.2 | Q |
  | 3 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 21.3 | Q |
  | 4 | István Gyulai | Hungary | 21.3 | Q |
  | 5 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 21.6 | |
  | 6 | Sonar Coşan | Turkey | 22.3 | |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  Wind: 2 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Leo de Winter | Netherlands | 21.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.1 | Q |
  | 3 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 21.2 | Q |
  | 4 | Harald Eggers | East Germany | 21.6 | |
  | 5 | Bo Althoff | Sweden | 21.6 | |
  | 6 | Nikolay Politiko | Soviet Union | 21.7 | |
  | 7 | Rasim Kraja | Albania | 22.3 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * East Germany (2)
  * France (3)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (2)
  * Italy (3)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Romania (1)
  * Soviet Union (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Great Britain (2)
  * West Germany (3)
  