1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Haase  East Germany
Silver	Lajos Mecser  Hungary
Bronze	Leonid Mikitenko  Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:26.0
	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	28:27.0
	Leonid Mikitenko	Soviet Union	28:32.2
4	Manfred Letzerich	West Germany	28:36.8
5	Allan Rushmer	Great Britain	28:37.8
6	Bruce Tulloh	Great Britain	28:50.4
7	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	28:52.2
8	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	28:59.6
9	Jim Alder	Great Britain	28:59.8
10	Gennadiy Khlistovs	Soviet Union	29:00.6
11	Franc Červan	Yugoslavia	29:00.8	NR
12	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	29:07.8
13	József Sütő	Hungary	29:24.8
14	Peter Kubicki	West Germany	29:26.0
15	Bengt Nåjde	Sweden	29:28.8
16	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	29:29.8
17	Nicolae Mustafa	Romania	29:40.0
18	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland	29:51.2
19	Josef Tomáš	Czechoslovakia	29:56.0
20	Şükrü Saban	Turkey	30:30.8
	Mikko Ala-Leppilampi	Finland	DNF
	Andrei Barabaș	Romania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.^{[citation needed]}

References