1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Taisiya Chenchik Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Lyudmila Komleva Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Jarosława Bieda Poland |

## Results

### Final

4 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Taisiya Chenchik | Soviet Union | 1.75 |
| | Lyudmila Komleva | Soviet Union | 1.73 |
| | Jarosława Bieda | Poland | 1.71 |
| 4 | Mária Faithová | Czechoslovakia | 1.71 |
| 5 | Olga Pulić | Yugoslavia | 1.71 |
| 6 | Marjan Thomas | Netherlands | 1.68 |
| 7 | Dagmar Melzer | East Germany | 1.65 |
| 8 | Dorothy Shirley | Great Britain | 1.65 |
| 9 | Radmila Hušková | Czechoslovakia | 1.65 |
| 9 | Bärbel Graf | East Germany | 1.65 |
| 11 | Vera Bernardová | Czechoslovakia | 1.65 |
| 12 | Gabriele Thiele | East Germany | 1.60 |
| 12 | Geneviève Laureau | France | 1.60 |
| 14 | Gun Nordlund | Finland | 1.60 |
| 15 | Ilona Majdan | Austria | 1.60 |
| 16 | Erika Stoenescu | Romania | 1.60 |
| 17 | Inger Husted | Denmark | 1.60 |
| | Valentina Kozyr | Soviet Union | DNS |

### Qualification

3 September

| Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jarosława Bieda | Poland | 1.65 | Q |
| Mária Faithová | Czechoslovakia | 1.65 | Q |
| Dorothy Shirley | Great Britain | 1.65 | Q |
| Taisiya Chenchik | Soviet Union | 1.65 | Q |
| Gabriele Thiele | East Germany | 1.65 | Q |
| Valentina Kozyr | Soviet Union | 1.65 | Q |
| Marjan Thomas | Netherlands | 1.65 | Q |
| Olga Pulić | Yugoslavia | 1.65 | Q |
| Bärbel Graf | East Germany | 1.65 | Q |
| Lyudmila Komleva | Soviet Union | 1.65 | Q |
| Dagmar Melzer | East Germany | 1.60 | Q |
| Gun Nordlund | Finland | 1.60 | Q |
| Inger Husted | Denmark | 1.60 | Q |
| Erika Stoenescu | Romania | 1.60 | Q |
| Radmila Hušková | Czechoslovakia | 1.60 | Q |
| Ilona Majdan | Austria | 1.60 | Q |
| Geneviève Laureau | France | 1.60 | Q |
| Vera Bernardová | Czechoslovakia | 1.60 | Q |
| Rita Vanherck | Belgium | 1.55 | |
| Nevenka Mrinjek | Yugoslavia | 1.55 | |
| Anna Noszály | Hungary | 1.55 | |
| Solveig Rasmussen | Denmark | 1.55 | |
| Marjeta Pronjari | Albania | NH | |
| Sigrún Sæmundsdóttir | Iceland | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Great Britain (1)
* Yugoslavia (2)
