1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon
# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valentina Tikhomirova Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Heide Rosendahl West Germany |
| Bronze | Inge Exner East Germany |

## Results

### Final

1 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 80m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200m | Points | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Valentina Tikhomirova | Soviet Union | 11.5 | 13.17 | 1.65 | 6.01 | 25.3 | 4057 (4787) | |
| | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | 11.4 | 11.87 | 1.56 | 6.28 | 24.4 | 4048 (4765) | |
| | Inge Exner | East Germany | 11.6 | 11.93 | 1.62 | 6.13w | 25.0 | 3984 (4713) | |
| 4 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 11.2 | 10.68 | 1.62 | 6.19 | 24.9 | 4001 (4711) | |
| 5 | Annamária Tóth | Hungary | 11.2 | 11.59 | 1.59 | 6.03 | 24.6 | 4005 (4704) | NR |
| 6 | Gerda Mittenzwei | East Germany | 11.3 | 11.51 | 1.56 | 6.16 | 25.0 | 3950 (4675) | |
| 7 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 11.1 | 9.75 | 1.59 | 6.01 | 25.5 | 3815 (4535) | NR |
| 8 | Denise Guénard | France | 11.2 | 11.13 | 1.56 | 5.64 | 25.7 | 3722 (4483) | |
| 9 | Ann Wilson | Great Britain | 11.2 | 9.90 | 1.53 | 6.09 | 25.5 | 3761 (4482) | |
| 10 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 11.6 | 10.64 | 1.59 | 6.09w | 26.3 | 3737 (4470) | |
| 11 | Olga Fomenkova | Czechoslovakia | 11.4 | 11.53 | 1.45 | 5.89 | 25.8 | 3655 (4406) | |
| 12 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 11.3 | 10.89 | 1.53 | 5.79 | 26.3 | 3648 (4402) | |
| 13 | Sirkka Norrlund | Finland | 11.3 | 9.65 | 1.50 | 5.72 | 25.1 | 3617 (4365) | |
| 14 | Elena Vintila | Romania | 11.5 | 9.24 | 1.56 | 5.98 | 26.3 | 3595 (4323) | |
| 15 | Mirosława Sarna | Poland | 12.3 | 9.31 | 1.53 | 6.03 | 25.0 | 3564 (4306) | |
| 16 | Łucja Noworyta | Poland | 11.9 | 9.98 | 1.56 | 5.84 | 26.4 | 3524 (4280) | |
| 16 | Michele Bonnaire | France | 11.6 | 11.54 | 1.53 | 5.25 | 26.2 | 3487 (4280) | |
| 18 | Margit Papp | Hungary | 12.2 | 11.80 | 1.50 | 5.64 | 26.6 | 3451 (4240) | |
| 19 | Rita Vanherck | Belgium | 11.9 | 8.66 | 1.62 | 5.52 | 26.4 | 3413 (4168) | |
| 20 | Monique Bantegny | France | 12.0 | 11.67 | 1.59 | 4.93 | 25.9 | 3436 (4143) | |
| 21 | Marjana Lubej | Yugoslavia | 11.5 | 9.50 | 1.45 | 5.46 | 25.8 | 3377 (4141) | |
| 22 | Magaly Vettorazzo | Italy | 11.5 | 8.96 | 1.35 | 5.71 | 24.9 | 3390 (4120) | |
| 23 | Zhuljeta Muco | Albania | 12.4 | 10.02 | 1.45 | 5.15 | 27.6 | 3027 (3834) | |
| 24 | Sigrún Sæmundsdóttir | Iceland | 14.0 | 7.01 | 1.45 | 4.53 | 28.8 | 2369 (3162) | |
| | Charoula Sasagianni | Greece | 11.9 | 8.78 | | | | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
