1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 2 September 1966.Medalists
Results
Final
2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5.10 | CR |
| Christos Papanikolaou | | 5.05 | NR |
| Hervé d'Encausse | FRA | 5.00 | |
| 4 | Renato Dionisi | ITA | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Ignacio Sola | | 4.80 | |
| 6 | Włodzimierz Sokołowski | POL | 4.80 | |
| 7 | Leszek Butscher | POL | 4.80 | |
| 8 | Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Klaus Lehnertz | FRG | 4.70 | |
| 10 | Igor Feld | | 4.70 | |
| 11 | Waldemar Węcek | POL | 4.70 | |
| 12 | Rudolf Tomášek | TCH | 4.60 | |
| 13 | Altti Alarotu | FIN | 4.60 | |
| 14 | Karl-Gustav Burlin | SWE | 4.60 | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Colusso | FRA | 4.40 | |
| 16 | Mike Bull | GBR | 4.40 | |
Qualification
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Christos Papanikolaou | | 4.60 | Q |
| Ignacio Sola | | 4.60 | Q |
| Hervé d'Encausse | FRA | 4.60 | Q |
| Leszek Butscher | POL | 4.60 | Q |
| Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 4.60 | Q |
| Klaus Lehnertz | FRG | 4.40 | Q |
| Karl-Gustav Burlin | SWE | 4.40 | Q |
| Renato Dionisi | ITA | 4.40 | Q |
| Igor Feld | | 4.40 | Q |
| Włodzimierz Sokołowski | POL | 4.40 | Q |
| Altti Alarotu | FIN | 4.40 | Q |
| Waldemar Węcek | POL | 4.40 | Q |
| Jean-Pierre Colusso | FRA | 4.40 | Q |
| Mike Bull | GBR | 4.40 | Q |
| Rudolf Tomášek | TCH | 4.40 | Q |
| Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 4.40 | Q |
| Maurice Houvion | FRA | 4.20 | |
| Paul Coppejans | BEL | 4.20 | |
| Dimitar Khlebarov | | 4.20 | |
| Pavel Jindra | TCH | 4.20 | |
| František Taftl | TCH | NH | |
| Aldo Righi | ITA | NH | |
| Risto Ivanoff | FIN | NH | |
| Hans Lagerqvist | SWE | NH | |
| Tapio Mertanen | SWE | NH | |
| Hennadiy Bleznitsov | | NH | |
| János Miskei | | NH | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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