1966 European Indoor Games
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The 1966 European Indoor Games were the very first edition of what later became the European Athletics Indoor Championships. These games were held in 1966 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, a city of West Germany.
Medal summary
Men
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Margit Nemesházi (HUN) |
7.3 |  Galina Mitrokhina (URS) |
7.3 |  Mary Rand (GBR) |
7.4 |
| 400 metres |  Helga Henning (FRG) |
56.9 |  Libuse Macounová (TCH) |
57.2 |  Maeve Kyle (IRL) |
57.3 |
| 800 metres | Zsuzsa Szabó-Nagy (HUN) |
2:07.9 | Karin Keßler (FRG) |
2:10.8 | Marie Ingrová (TCH) |
2:11.6 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Irina Press (URS) |
8.1 |  Gundula Diel (GDR) |
8.4 | Inge Schell (FRG) |
8.4 |
| 4×1 lap (640 m) |
West Germany Renate Meyer Erika Rost Hannelore Trabert Kirsten Roggenkamp |
1:18.4 |  YugoslaviaLjiljana Petnjaric Marjana Lubej Jelisaveta Djanic Olga Sikovec |
1:21.7 | Czechoslovakia Libuse Macounová Alena Hiltscherová Eva Kucmanová Eva Lehocká |
1:22.3 |
| High jump |  Iolanda Balaș (ROM) |
1.76 | Olga Gere-Pulić (YUG) |
1.73 | Ilia Hans (FRG) |
1.65 |
| Long jump | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
6.73 WR | Mary Rand (GBR) |
6.53 | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) |
6.54 |
| Shot put | Margitta Gummel (GDR) |
17.30 | Tamara Press (URS) |
17.00 | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) |
16.95 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany |
5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | East Germany |
2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | United Kingdom |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Romania |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ireland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1966 European Indoor Games Results
- Results – men at GBRathletics.com
- Results – women at GBRathletics.com
