title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 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
  
  | 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)
  