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

The women's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 1 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christine Spielberg East Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Liesel Westermann West Germany |
| Bronze | Anita Hentschel East Germany |

## Results

### Final

1 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christine Spielberg | East Germany | 57.76 | CR |
| | Liesel Westermann | West Germany | 57.38 | NR |
| | Anita Hentschel | East Germany | 56.80 | |
| 4 | Jolán Kleiber | Hungary | 56.24 | |
| 5 | Verzhinia Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 53.68 | |
| 6 | Ingrid Lotz | East Germany | 53.34 | |
| 7 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 52.40 | |
| 8 | Štěpánka Mertová | Czechoslovakia | 51.64 | |
| 9 | Lyudmila Shcherbakova | Soviet Union | 50.56 | |
| 10 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 49.96 | |
| 11 | Kriemhild Limberg | West Germany | 49.20 | |
| 12 | Elivia Ricci | Italy | 48.80 | |

### Qualification

31 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liesel Westermann | West Germany | 56.42 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Shcherbakova | Soviet Union | 55.96 | Q |
| 3 | Christine Spielberg | East Germany | 53.94 | Q |
| 4 | Štěpánka Mertová | Czechoslovakia | 53.52 | Q |
| 5 | Jolán Kleiber | Hungary | 53.28 | Q |
| 6 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 53.12 | Q |
| 7 | Anita Hentschel | East Germany | 52.10 | Q |
| 8 | Kriemhild Limberg | West Germany | 52.02 | Q |
| 9 | Ingrid Lotz | East Germany | 51.60 | Q |
| 10 | Verzhinia Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 51.56 | Q |
| 11 | Elivia Ricci | Italy | 51.46 | Q |
| 12 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 49.66 | Q |
| 13 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 49.44 | |
| 14 | Pina Thani | Albania | 42.12 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* West Germany (2)
