title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
  
  The men's 100 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Wiesław Maniak Poland |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Roger Bambuck France |
  | Bronze | Claude Piquemal France |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  31 August Wind: -0.6 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.60 |
  | | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.61 |
  | | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.62 |
  | 4 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.62 |
  | 5 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.71 |
  | 6 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.76 |
  | 7 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.82 |
  | 8 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 20.1 |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  31 August
  
  **Semi-final 1**
  
  Wind: 0.6 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.62 | Q |
  | 2 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.74 | Q |
  | 3 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.81 | Q |
  | 4 | Hans-Jürgen Felsen | West Germany | 10.82 | |
  | 5 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 10.86 | |
  | 6 | Włodzimierz Anielak | Poland | 10.91 | |
  | 7 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.94 | |
  | 8 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 10.95 | |
  
  **Semi-final 2**
  
  Wind: -1.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.7 | Q |
  | 3 | Gerd Metz | West Germany | 10.8 | |
  | 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.9 | |
  | 5 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.9 | |
  | 6 | Panagiotis Nikolaidis | Greece | 11.0 | |
  | 7 | Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 11.2 | |
  | | Harald Eggers | East Germany | DQ | |
  
  **Semi-final 3**
  
  Wind: -0.6 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.6 | Q |
  | 3 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.7 | Q |
  | 4 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 10.8 | |
  | 5 | Marc Berger | France | 10.8 | |
  | 6 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 10.9 | |
  | 7 | Max Barandun | Switzerland | 11.0 | |
  | | Angelo Squazzero | Italy | DNS | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  30 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  Wind: -1.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
  | 3 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 10.7 | Q |
  | 4 | Harald Eggers | East Germany | 10.7 | Q |
  | 5 | Juraj Demeč | Czechoslovakia | 10.8 | |
  | 6 | Huba Rozsnyai | Hungary | 11.0 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  Wind: -0.1 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Włodzimierz Anielak | Poland | 10.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 10.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.8 | Q |
  | | Herbert Bende | Czechoslovakia | DQ | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  Wind: 0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.4 | Q |
  | 2 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 10.6 | Q |
  | 3 | Gerd Metz | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
  | 4 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 10.7 | Q |
  | 5 | Lajos Hajdú | Hungary | 10.8 | |
  | 6 | Petr Utekal | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | |
  | 7 | Joseph Cassaglia | Gibraltar | 12.4 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  Wind: 0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Marc Berger | France | 10.7 | Q |
  | 3 | Hans-Jürgen Felsen | West Germany | 10.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
  | 5 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 10.8 | |
  | 6 | Tadeusz Jaworski | Poland | 10.9 | |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  Wind: -0.1 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Angelo Squazzero | Italy | 10.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 10.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
  | 5 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 10.9 | |
  | 6 | Tomi Stefanllari | Albania | 11.3 | |
  
  **Heat 6**
  
  Wind: 0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 10.5 | Q |
  | 2 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.6 | Q |
  | 3 | Panagiotis Nikolaidis | Greece | 10.7 | Q |
  | 4 | Max Barandun | Switzerland | 10.8 | Q |
  | 5 | Rob Heemskerk | Netherlands | 10.8 | |
  | 6 | Sonar Coşan | Turkey | 11.0 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (3)
  * East Germany (2)
  * France (3)
  * Gibraltar (1)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (3)
  * Italy (3)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Romania (1)
  * Soviet Union (3)
  * Spain (1)
  * Switzerland (2)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Great Britain (3)
  * West Germany (3)
  