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

The women's long jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Irena Kirszenstein Poland |
| - | - |
| Silver | Diana Yorgova Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Helga Hoffmann West Germany |

## Results

### Final

3 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 6.55 | CR |
| | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | 6.45 | |
| | Helga Hoffmann | West Germany | 6.38 | |
| 4 | Corrie Bakker | Netherlands | 6.34 | NR |
| 5 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.33 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.33 | |
| 7 | Sheila Parkin | Great Britain | 6.30 | |
| 8 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 6.23 | NR |
| 9 | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | 6.22 | |
| 10 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 6.19 | |
| 11 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 6.16 | |
| 12 | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | 5.98 | |
| | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | DNS | |

### Qualification

2 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | 6.30 | Q |
| 2 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.26 | Q |
| 3 | Burghild Wieczorek | East Germany | 6.22 | Q |
| 4 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 6.21 | Q |
| 5 | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | 6.19 | Q |
| 6 | Tatyana Talysheva | Soviet Union | 6.19 | Q |
| 7 | Corrie Bakker | Netherlands | 6.16 | Q |
| 8 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 6.15 | Q |
| 9 | Helga Hoffmann | West Germany | 6.12 | Q |
| 10 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 6.12 | Q |
| 11 | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 6.12 | Q |
| 12 | Berit Berthelsen | Norway | 6.05 | Q |
| 13 | Sheila Parkin | Great Britain | 6.05 | Q |
| 14 | Ursula Künzel | West Germany | 6.04 | |
| 15 | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | 5.94 | |
| 16 | Etelka Kispal | Hungary | 5.94 | |
| 17 | Gerda Mittenzwei | East Germany | 5.92 | |
| 18 | Elena Vintila | Romania | 5.84 | |
| 19 | Marie-Magdalena Le Dévéhat | France | 5.77 | |
| 20 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 5.68 | |
| 21 | Charoula Sasagianni | Greece | 5.62 | |
| 22 | Nina Hansen | Denmark | 5.60 | |
| 23 | Zhuljeta Muco | Albania | 5.03 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (3)
