1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
# 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

| 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)
