title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
  
  The women's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 1 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Christine Spielberg East Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Liesel Westermann West Germany |
  | Bronze | Anita Hentschel East Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  1 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Christine Spielberg | East Germany | 57.76 | CR |
  | | Liesel Westermann | West Germany | 57.38 | NR |
  | | Anita Hentschel | East Germany | 56.80 | |
  | 4 | Jolán Kleiber | Hungary | 56.24 | |
  | 5 | Verzhinia Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 53.68 | |
  | 6 | Ingrid Lotz | East Germany | 53.34 | |
  | 7 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 52.40 | |
  | 8 | Štěpánka Mertová | Czechoslovakia | 51.64 | |
  | 9 | Lyudmila Shcherbakova | Soviet Union | 50.56 | |
  | 10 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 49.96 | |
  | 11 | Kriemhild Limberg | West Germany | 49.20 | |
  | 12 | Elivia Ricci | Italy | 48.80 | |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  31 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Liesel Westermann | West Germany | 56.42 | Q |
  | 2 | Lyudmila Shcherbakova | Soviet Union | 55.96 | Q |
  | 3 | Christine Spielberg | East Germany | 53.94 | Q |
  | 4 | Štěpánka Mertová | Czechoslovakia | 53.52 | Q |
  | 5 | Jolán Kleiber | Hungary | 53.28 | Q |
  | 6 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 53.12 | Q |
  | 7 | Anita Hentschel | East Germany | 52.10 | Q |
  | 8 | Kriemhild Limberg | West Germany | 52.02 | Q |
  | 9 | Ingrid Lotz | East Germany | 51.60 | Q |
  | 10 | Verzhinia Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 51.56 | Q |
  | 11 | Elivia Ricci | Italy | 51.46 | Q |
  | 12 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 49.66 | Q |
  | 13 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 49.44 | |
  | 14 | Pina Thani | Albania | 42.12 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * East Germany (3)
  * Hungary (2)
  * Italy (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * Soviet Union (1)
  * West Germany (2)
  