The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August, 1 and 2 September 1966.
Medalists Gold Roberto Frinolli Silver Gerd Lössdorfer Bronze Robert Poirier
Results Final 2 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roberto Frinolli 49.8 Gerd Lössdorfer 50.3 Robert Poirier 50.5 4 Vasyl Anisimov 50.5 5 Jaakko Tuominen 50.9 6 Horst Gieseler 51.2 7 Jean-Jacques Behm 51.3 8 Alain Hébrard 52.9
Semi-finals 1 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roberto Frinolli 50.3 Q 2 Alain Hébrard 50.7 Q 3 Gerd Lössdorfer 50.7 Q 4 Jaakko Tuominen 50.9 Q 5 Bertil Vistam 52.1 6 Robin Woodland 52.3 7 Edvīns Zāģeris 52.3 8 Helmut Haid 53.6
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Horst Gieseler 50.5 Q 2 Robert Poirier 50.6 Q 3 Vasyl Anisimov 50.7 Q 4 Jean-Jacques Behm 50.7 Q 5 John Sherwood 50.7 6 Wilfried Geeroms 51.0 7 Stanisław Gubiec 51.7 8 Peter Warden 53.4
Heats 31 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gerd Lössdorfer 52.0 Q 2 Alain Hébrard 52.1 Q 3 Helmut Haid 52.8 Q 4 John Sherwood 54.2 Q 5 Cengiz Akıncı 55.0 6 Vincenc Kacagjeli 55.8
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roberto Frinolli 51.0 Q 2 Jean-Jacques Behm 52.2 Q 3 Bertil Vistam 52.3 Q 4 Robin Woodland 52.7 Q 5 Gerd Hennige 54.6
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Horst Gieseler 51.1 Q 2 Vasyl Anisimov 51.8 Q 3 Stanisław Gubiec 52.1 Q 4 Peter Warden 52.4 Q 5 John Skjelvaag 52.6 6 Ferenc Oros 53.4
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robert Poirier 51.3 Q 2 Jaakko Tuominen 51.6 Q 3 Edvīns Zāģeris 52.1 Q 4 Wilfried Geeroms 52.4 Q 5 Leif Librand 52.6 6 Luigi Carrozza 52.9
Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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