title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
  
  The women's long jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Irena Kirszenstein Poland |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Diana Yorgova Bulgaria |
  | Bronze | Helga Hoffmann West Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  3 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 6.55 | CR |
  | | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | 6.45 | |
  | | Helga Hoffmann | West Germany | 6.38 | |
  | 4 | Corrie Bakker | Netherlands | 6.34 | NR |
  | 5 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.33 | |
  | 6 | Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.33 | |
  | 7 | Sheila Parkin | Great Britain | 6.30 | |
  | 8 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 6.23 | NR |
  | 9 | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | 6.22 | |
  | 10 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 6.19 | |
  | 11 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 6.16 | |
  | 12 | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | 5.98 | |
  | | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | DNS | |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  2 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | 6.30 | Q |
  | 2 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.26 | Q |
  | 3 | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | 6.22 | Q |
  | 4 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 6.21 | Q |
  | 5 | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | 6.19 | Q |
  | 6 | Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.19 | Q |
  | 7 | Corrie Bakker | Netherlands | 6.16 | Q |
  | 8 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 6.15 | Q |
  | 9 | Helga Hoffmann | West Germany | 6.12 | Q |
  | 10 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 6.12 | Q |
  | 11 | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 6.12 | Q |
  | 12 | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | 6.05 | Q |
  | 13 | Sheila Parkin | Great Britain | 6.05 | Q |
  | 14 | Ursula Künzel | West Germany | 6.04 | |
  | 15 | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | 5.94 | |
  | 16 | Etelka Kispal | Hungary | 5.94 | |
  | 17 | Gerda Mittenzwei | East Germany | 5.92 | |
  | 18 | Elena Vintila | Romania | 5.84 | |
  | 19 | Marie-Magdalena Le Dévéhat | France | 5.77 | |
  | 20 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 5.68 | |
  | 21 | Charoula Sasagianni | Greece | 5.62 | |
  | 22 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 5.60 | |
  | 23 | Zhuljeta Muco | Albania | 5.03 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * Denmark (1)
  * East Germany (2)
  * France (1)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * Norway (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Romania (2)
  * Soviet Union (2)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Great Britain (2)
  * West Germany (3)
  