title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
  
  The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck France |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov Soviet Union |
  | Bronze | Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg West Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  4 September
  
  | Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | France | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | 39.4 | CR |
  | | Soviet Union | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov | 39.8 | |
  | | West Germany | Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg | 39.8 | |
  | 4 | East Germany | Harald Eggers Rainer Berger Heinz Erbstösser Hermann Burde | 40.0 | |
  | 5 | Great Britain | Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly | 40.1 | |
  | 6 | Italy | Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina | 40.2 | |
  | 7 | Czechoslovakia | Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž | 40.6 | |
  | 8 | Netherlands | Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk | 40.7 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  3 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | East Germany | Harald Eggers Heinz Erbstösser Rainer Berger Hermann Burde | 39.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Italy | Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina | 40.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Great Britain | Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly | 40.0 | Q |
  | 4 | Netherlands | Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk | 40.0 | Q |
  | 5 | Poland | Włodzimierz Anielak Jan Werner Marian Dudziak Wiesław Maniak | 40.6 | |
  | 6 | Greece | Panagiotis Nikolaidis Haris Aivaliotis Nikolaos Argiris Georgios Mikelidis | 41.4 | |
  | 7 | Albania | Tomi Stefanllari Bashkim Pacrami Rasim Kraja Clirim Balluku | 42.8 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | 39.5 | CR Q |
  | 2 | West Germany | Manfred Knickenberg Dieter Enderlein Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz | 39.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Soviet Union | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov | 39.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Czechoslovakia | Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž | 40.6 | Q |
  | 5 | Hungary | Imre Babos Huba Rozsnyai Lajos Hajdú Gyula Rábai | 40.7 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (4)
  * Czechoslovakia (4)
  * East Germany (4)
  * France (4)
  * Greece (4)
  * Hungary (4)
  * Italy (4)
  * Netherlands (4)
  * Poland (4)
  * Soviet Union (4)
  * Great Britain (4)
  * West Germany (4)
  