title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Detlef Thorith East Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Hartmut Losch East Germany |
  | Bronze | Lothar Milde East Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  31 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Detlef Thorith | East Germany | 57.42 |
  | | Hartmut Losch | East Germany | 57.34 |
  | | Lothar Milde | East Germany | 56.80 |
  | 4 | Edmund Piątkowski | Poland | 56.76 |
  | 5 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 56.24 |
  | 6 | Silvano Simeon | Italy | 55.96 |
  | 7 | Zenon Begier | Poland | 55.94 |
  | 8 | Jiří Žemba | Czechoslovakia | 54.20 |
  | 9 | Vytautas Jaras | Soviet Union | 53.98 |
  | 10 | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 53.72 |
  | 11 | Hein-Direck Neu | West Germany | 53.66 |
  | 12 | Ernst Soudek | Austria | 53.46 |
  
  ### Qualification
  
  30 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vytautas Jaras | Soviet Union | 57.54 | CR Q |
  | 2 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 56.86 | Q |
  | 3 | Edmund Piątkowski | Poland | 56.74 | Q |
  | 4 | Lothar Milde | East Germany | 56.70 | Q |
  | 5 | Detlef Thorith | East Germany | 56.42 | Q |
  | 6 | Hartmut Losch | East Germany | 55.84 | Q |
  | 7 | Zenon Begier | Poland | 55.30 | Q |
  | 8 | Ernst Soudek | Austria | 54.38 | Q |
  | 9 | Hein-Direck Neu | West Germany | 54.32 | Q |
  | 10 | Jiří Žemba | Czechoslovakia | 54.22 | Q |
  | 11 | Silvano Simeon | Italy | 54.20 | Q |
  | 12 | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 54.08 | Q |
  | 13 | Flavio Asta | Italy | 53.60 | |
  | 14 | Géza Fejér | Hungary | 53.22 | |
  | 15 | Jens Reimers | West Germany | 53.02 | |
  | 16 | Vladimir Trusenyev | Soviet Union | 53.02 | |
  | 17 | János Faragó | Hungary | 52.84 | |
  | 18 | Lars Haglund | Sweden | 51.06 | |
  | 19 | Erik Uddebom | Sweden | 50.96 | |
  | 20 | Alain Drufin | France | 49.84 | |
  | 21 | Bill Tancred | Great Britain | 48.36 | |
  | 22 | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 47.96 | |
  | 23 | Marcel Hertogs | Belgium | 47.36 | |
  | 24 | Ramazan Driza | Albania | 45.18 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Austria (2)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * East Germany (3)
  * France (1)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (2)
  * Italy (2)
  * Poland (2)
  * Soviet Union (2)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Great Britain (1)
  * West Germany (2)
  