1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 2 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany
Silver	Christos Papanikolaou Greece
Bronze	Hervé d'Encausse France

Results

Final

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	5.10	CR
	Christos Papanikolaou	Greece	5.05	NR
	Hervé d'Encausse	France	5.00
4	Renato Dionisi	Italy	4.80
5	Ignacio Sola	Spain	4.80
6	Włodzimierz Sokołowski	Poland	4.80
7	Leszek Butscher	Poland	4.80
8	Claus Schiprowski	West Germany	4.70
9	Klaus Lehnertz	West Germany	4.70
10	Igor Feld	Soviet Union	4.70
11	Waldemar Węcek	Poland	4.70
12	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.60
13	Altti Alarotu	Finland	4.60
14	Karl-Gustav Burlin	Sweden	4.60
15	Jean-Pierre Colusso	France	4.40
16	Mike Bull	Great Britain	4.40

Qualification

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Christos Papanikolaou	Greece	4.60	Q
	Ignacio Sola	Spain	4.60	Q
	Hervé d'Encausse	France	4.60	Q
	Leszek Butscher	Poland	4.60	Q
	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	4.60	Q
	Klaus Lehnertz	West Germany	4.40	Q
	Karl-Gustav Burlin	Sweden	4.40	Q
	Renato Dionisi	Italy	4.40	Q
	Igor Feld	Soviet Union	4.40	Q
	Włodzimierz Sokołowski	Poland	4.40	Q
	Altti Alarotu	Finland	4.40	Q
	Waldemar Węcek	Poland	4.40	Q
	Jean-Pierre Colusso	France	4.40	Q
	Mike Bull	Great Britain	4.40	Q
	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.40	Q
	Claus Schiprowski	West Germany	4.40	Q
	Maurice Houvion	France	4.20
	Paul Coppejans	Belgium	4.20
	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.20
	Pavel Jindra	Czechoslovakia	4.20
	František Taftl	Czechoslovakia	NH
	Aldo Righi	Italy	NH
	Risto Ivanoff	Finland	NH
	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	NH
	Tapio Mertanen	Sweden	NH
	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	Soviet Union	NH
	János Miskei	Hungary	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (3)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (2)
• Poland (3)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (3)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (2)