1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Georgi Stoykovski Bulgaria |
| - | - |
| Silver | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn East Germany |
| Bronze | Henrik Kalocsai Hungary |

## Results

### Final

4 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Georgi Stoykovski | Bulgaria | 16.67 | CR NR |
| | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | East Germany | 16.66 | NR |
| | Henrik Kalocsai | Hungary | 16.59 | NR |
| 4 | Jan Jaskólski | Poland | 16.57 | |
| 5 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.45 | |
| 6 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 16.39 | |
| 7 | Șerban Ciochină | Romania | 16.22 | |
| 8 | Siegfried Dähne | East Germany | 16.17 | |
| 9 | Giuseppe Gentile | Italy | 16.15 | |
| 10 | Petr Nemšovský | Czechoslovakia | 16.14 | |
| 11 | Vladimir Kurkyevich | Soviet Union | 16.00 | |
| 12 | Fred Alsop | Great Britain | 15.93 | |
| 13 | Anatoliy Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 15.77 | |
| 14 | Zoltán Cziffra | Hungary | 15.73 | |
| 15 | Dodyu Patarinski | Bulgaria | 15.65 | |
| 16 | Nikolay Dudkin | Soviet Union | 15.46 | |

### Qualification

3 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 16.46 | NR Q |
| 2 | Șerban Ciochină | Romania | 16.42 | NR Q |
| 3 | Giuseppe Gentile | Italy | 16.41 | Q |
| 4 | Henrik Kalocsai | Hungary | 16.28 | Q |
| 5 | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | East Germany | 16.11 | Q |
| 6 | Vladimir Kurkyevich | Soviet Union | 16.11 | Q |
| 7 | Anatoliy Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 16.09 | Q |
| 8 | Petr Nemšovský | Czechoslovakia | 16.07 | Q |
| 9 | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.05 | Q |
| 10 | Jan Jaskólski | Poland | 16.00 | Q |
| 11 | Zoltán Cziffra | Hungary | 15.99 | Q |
| 12 | Georgi Stoykovski | Bulgaria | 15.91 | Q |
| 13 | Siegfried Dähne | East Germany | 15.91 | Q |
| 14 | Nikolay Dudkin | Soviet Union | 15.84 | Q |
| 15 | Fred Alsop | Great Britain | 15.83 | Q |
| 16 | Dodyu Patarinski | Bulgaria | 15.82 | Q |
| 17 | Pertti Pousi | Finland | 15.67 | |
| 18 | František Krupala | Czechoslovakia | 15.60 | |
| 19 | Martin Jensen | Norway | 15.58 | |
| 20 | Günther Krivec | West Germany | 15.58 | |
| 21 | Andrzej Puławski | Poland | 15.55 | |
| 22 | Aşkın Tuna | Turkey | 15.53 | |
| 23 | Evangelos Vlassis | Greece | 15.39 | |
| 24 | Dragán Ivanov | Hungary | 15.22 | |

## Participation

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

* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (1)
* West Germany (2)
