1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck France |
| - | - |
| Silver | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg West Germany |

## Results

### Final

4 September

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | France | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | 39.4 | CR |
| | Soviet Union | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov | 39.8 | |
| | West Germany | Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg | 39.8 | |
| 4 | East Germany | Harald Eggers Rainer Berger Heinz Erbstösser Hermann Burde | 40.0 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly | 40.1 | |
| 6 | Italy | Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina | 40.2 | |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž | 40.6 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk | 40.7 | |

### Heats

3 September

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany | Harald Eggers Heinz Erbstösser Rainer Berger Hermann Burde | 39.8 | Q |
| 2 | Italy | Ennio Preatoni Ippolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina | 40.0 | Q |
| 3 | Great Britain | Lynn Davies Ron Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly | 40.0 | Q |
| 4 | Netherlands | Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk | 40.0 | Q |
| 5 | Poland | Włodzimierz Anielak Jan Werner Marian Dudziak Wiesław Maniak | 40.6 | |
| 6 | Greece | Panagiotis Nikolaidis Haris Aivaliotis Nikolaos Argiris Georgios Mikelidis | 41.4 | |
| 7 | Albania | Tomi Stefanllari Bashkim Pacrami Rasim Kraja Clirim Balluku | 42.8 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | 39.5 | CR Q |
| 2 | West Germany | Manfred Knickenberg Dieter Enderlein Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gerd Metz | 39.8 | Q |
| 3 | Soviet Union | Edvin Ozolin Amin Tuyakov Boris Savchuk Nikolay Ivanov | 39.8 | Q |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž | 40.6 | Q |
| 5 | Hungary | Imre Babos Huba Rozsnyai Lajos Hajdú Gyula Rábai | 40.7 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Albania (4)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* East Germany (4)
* France (4)
* Greece (4)
* Hungary (4)
* Italy (4)
* Netherlands (4)
* Poland (4)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Great Britain (4)
* West Germany (4)
