title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
text: # 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
  
  The men's 400 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1966.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Stanisław Grędziński Poland |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Andrzej Badeński Poland |
  | Bronze | Manfred Kinder West Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  1 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.0 |
  | | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.2 |
  | | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.3 |
  | 4 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.6 |
  | 5 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 46.7 |
  | 6 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 46.9 |
  | 7 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 46.9 |
  | | Siegfried König | West Germany | DNF |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  31 August
  
  **Semi-final 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.3 | Q |
  | 2 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.6 | Q |
  | 3 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 46.6 | Q |
  | 4 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 46.7 | Q |
  | 5 | Boris Savchuk | Soviet Union | 46.9 | |
  | 6 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | Great Britain | 47.0 | |
  | 7 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.1 | |
  | 8 | Bernard Martin | France | 47.7 | |
  
  **Semi-final 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 46.8 | Q |
  | 4 | Siegfried König | West Germany | 47.1 | Q |
  | 5 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | France | 47.5 | |
  | 6 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | Soviet Union | 47.6 | |
  | 7 | Heikki Pippola | Finland | 48.0 | |
  | 8 | John Adey | Great Britain | 48.0 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  30 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | France | 47.1 | Q |
  | 3 | Heikki Pippola | Finland | 47.3 | Q |
  | 4 | Michael Zerbes | East Germany | 47.5 | |
  | 5 | Aleksandr Ivanov | Soviet Union | 48.0 | |
  | 6 | Nikolaos Rengoukos | Greece | 48.3 | |
  | 7 | Mehmet Gesas | Turkey | 49.9 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Siegfried König | West Germany | 46.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.9 | Q |
  | 3 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | Soviet Union | 47.3 | Q |
  | 4 | Fred van Herpen | Netherlands | 47.8 | |
  | 5 | Jacques Pennewaert | Belgium | 48.9 | |
  | 6 | Vincenc Kacagjeli | Albania | 49.3 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 47.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.1 | Q |
  | 4 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 47.2 | Q |
  | 5 | Günther Klann | East Germany | 47.5 | |
  | 6 | Zlatko Valchev | Bulgaria | 47.9 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 47.0 | Q |
  | 2 | John Adey | Great Britain | 47.4 | Q |
  | 3 | Bernard Martin | France | 47.5 | Q |
  | 4 | Edmund Borowski | Poland | 47.6 | |
  | 5 | Carl Fredrik Bunæs | Norway | 47.8 | |
  | 6 | Bo Althoff | Sweden | 48.4 | |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Boris Savchuk | Soviet Union | 46.9 | Q |
  | 2 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 47.1 | Q |
  | 3 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | Great Britain | 47.4 | Q |
  | 4 | Michel Samper | France | 47.4 | |
  | 5 | Furio Fusi | Italy | 48.2 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Albania (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * East Germany (3)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (3)
  * Greece (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * Norway (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Soviet Union (3)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Great Britain (3)
  * West Germany (3)
  