1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Detlef Thorith East Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Hartmut Losch East Germany |
| Bronze | Lothar Milde East Germany |

## Results

### Final

31 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Detlef Thorith | East Germany | 57.42 |
| | Hartmut Losch | East Germany | 57.34 |
| | Lothar Milde | East Germany | 56.80 |
| 4 | Edmund Piątkowski | Poland | 56.76 |
| 5 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 56.24 |
| 6 | Silvano Simeon | Italy | 55.96 |
| 7 | Zenon Begier | Poland | 55.94 |
| 8 | Jiří Žemba | Czechoslovakia | 54.20 |
| 9 | Vytautas Jaras | Soviet Union | 53.98 |
| 10 | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 53.72 |
| 11 | Hein-Direck Neu | West Germany | 53.66 |
| 12 | Ernst Soudek | Austria | 53.46 |

### Qualification

30 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vytautas Jaras | Soviet Union | 57.54 | CR Q |
| 2 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 56.86 | Q |
| 3 | Edmund Piątkowski | Poland | 56.74 | Q |
| 4 | Lothar Milde | East Germany | 56.70 | Q |
| 5 | Detlef Thorith | East Germany | 56.42 | Q |
| 6 | Hartmut Losch | East Germany | 55.84 | Q |
| 7 | Zenon Begier | Poland | 55.30 | Q |
| 8 | Ernst Soudek | Austria | 54.38 | Q |
| 9 | Hein-Direck Neu | West Germany | 54.32 | Q |
| 10 | Jiří Žemba | Czechoslovakia | 54.22 | Q |
| 11 | Silvano Simeon | Italy | 54.20 | Q |
| 12 | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 54.08 | Q |
| 13 | Flavio Asta | Italy | 53.60 | |
| 14 | Géza Fejér | Hungary | 53.22 | |
| 15 | Jens Reimers | West Germany | 53.02 | |
| 16 | Vladimir Trusenyev | Soviet Union | 53.02 | |
| 17 | János Faragó | Hungary | 52.84 | |
| 18 | Lars Haglund | Sweden | 51.06 | |
| 19 | Erik Uddebom | Sweden | 50.96 | |
| 20 | Alain Drufin | France | 49.84 | |
| 21 | Bill Tancred | Great Britain | 48.36 | |
| 22 | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 47.96 | |
| 23 | Marcel Hertogs | Belgium | 47.36 | |
| 24 | Ramazan Driza | Albania | 45.18 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (1)
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (2)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* West Germany (2)
