1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's decathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Werner von Moltke  West Germany
Silver	Jörg Mattheis  West Germany
Bronze	Horst Beyer  West Germany

Results

Final

30 August/1 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Werner von Moltke	West Germany	11.0	7.18	15.55	1.85	50.1	15.1	45.74	4.20	62.96	4:53.5	7607 (7740)
	Jörg Mattheis	West Germany	11.3	7.17	14.45	1.88	50.0	16.2w	45.48	3.70	67.98	4:26.9	7478 (7614)
	Horst Beyer	West Germany	11.5	6.89	14.73	1.88	49.5	14.9	41.80	4.10	56.36	4:17.9	7479 (7562)
4	Max Klauß	East Germany	11.0	7.61	12.94	1.91	49.8	16.7w	40.38	4.35	53.10	4:44.6	7280 (7446)
5	Rein Aun	Soviet Union	11.3	7.01	13.52	1.85	50.6	16.0w	42.76	4.10	57.60	4:32.8	7210 (7378)
6	Jüri Otsmaa	Soviet Union	11.4	6.83	13.93	1.94	51.3	15.4	38.02	3.80	53.48	4:31.4	7054 (7236)
7	Mykhaylo Storozhenko	Soviet Union	11.5	6.95	14.48	1.88	54.5	15.1w	45.18	4.00	54.76	4:57.5	7002 (7172)
8	Werner Duttweiler	Switzerland	11.4	6.95	13.52	1.85	52.4	15.4w	36.66	4.40	53.06	4:42.0	6999 (7165)
9	Clive Longe	Great Britain	11.3	6.62	15.09	1.70	51.7	15.6w	46.46	4.00	55.60	4:49.9	6996 (7160)
10	Walter Dießl	Austria	11.1	6.74	13.79	1.75	51.3	15.1	38.96	4.00	46.96	4:42.0	6869 (7055)
11	Manfred Tiedtke	East Germany	11.3	6.83	14.66	1.91	50.6	15.4	38.26	3.50	53.40	5:04.6	6849 (7035)
12	Franco Sar	Italy	11.5	6.21	13.61	1.75	53.2	14.9w	47.58	4.10	52.42	5:06.6	6735 (6904)
13	Jerzy Detko	Poland	11.5	6.59	14.22	1.88	52.0	15.5w	43.28	3.80	54.30	4:47.2	6922 (6896)
14	Steen Smidt-Jensen	Denmark	11.5	6.59	11.94	1.85	52.0	15.5w	36.12	4.30	42.45	4:25.8	6713 (6887)
15	Gert Herunter	Austria	11.1	6.77	11.78	1.85	50.6	15.2w	34.22	3.60	48.76	4:38.6	6703 (6883)
16	Bruno Poserina	Italy	11.8	6.70	13.45	1.75	52.3	15.3w	48.32	3.20	53.08	4:26.2	6802 (6856)
17	Horst Mandl	Austria	11.6	7.02	12.88	1.85	52.4	15.4	36.20	3.70	52.24	4:49.8	6671 (6847)
18	Derek Clarke	Great Britain	11.7	6.32	13.09	1.60	51.8	15.7	42.92	3.40	58.46	4:24.5	6601 (6842)
19	Tadeusz Grzegorzewski	Poland	11.4	6.64	12.82	1.70	53.1	15.5	42.16	4.20	57.78	5:11.8	6665 (6833)
20	Bernard Castang	France	11.3	6.54	14.55	1.75	50.6	16.5	43.82	3.20	50.68	5:04.0	6516 (6709)
21	Urs Trautmann	Switzerland	11.9	6.11	13.46	1.85	53.5	16.4w	41.58	3.60	58.20	4:44.2	6487 (6673)
22	Gyula Hubai	Hungary	11.6	6.24	12.83	1.80	53.1	16.5	43.08	4.45	46.38	5:07.5	6454 (6650)
23	Robert Lespagnard	Belgium	11.5	6.47	11.78	1.80	50.6	16.6w	30.08	4.10	45.60	4:30.0	6416 (6601)
24	Charlemagne Anyamah	France	11.2	6.33	13.49	1.75	51.4	15.9w	36.36	3.30	46.78	4:57.4	6306 (6502)
25	Suat Jegeni	Albania	11.9	6.28	10.85	1.70	53.4	17.4	35.18	3.70	40.94	4:22.4	5924 (6131)
	József Bákái	Hungary	11.4	6.65	13.39	1.70	53.4	16.3w	47.34	4.00	NM		DNF
	Roland Sedleger	Switzerland	11.2	6.84	11.75								DNF
	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	DNF										DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References