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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.[1]
| Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships |
|---|
| Gold | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany |
| Silver | Christos Papanikolaou Greece |
| Bronze | Hervé d'Encausse France |
Final
2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 5.10 | CR |
 | Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 5.05 | NR |
 | Hervé d'Encausse | France | 5.00 | |
| 4 | Renato Dionisi |  Italy | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Ignacio Sola |  Spain | 4.80 | |
| 6 | Włodzimierz Sokołowski |  Poland | 4.80 | |
| 7 | Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.80 | |
| 8 | Claus Schiprowski |  West Germany | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.70 | |
| 10 | Igor Feld |  Soviet Union | 4.70 | |
| 11 | Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.70 | |
| 12 | Rudolf Tomášek |  Czechoslovakia | 4.60 | |
| 13 | Altti Alarotu |  Finland | 4.60 | |
| 14 | Karl-Gustav Burlin |  Sweden | 4.60 | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | |
| 16 | Mike Bull |  Great Britain | 4.40 |
Qualification
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 4.60 | Q | |
| Ignacio Sola | Spain | 4.60 | Q | |
| Hervé d'Encausse | France | 4.60 | Q | |
| Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.60 | Q | |
| Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 4.60 | Q | |
| Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.40 | Q | |
| Karl-Gustav Burlin | Sweden | 4.40 | Q | |
| Renato Dionisi | Italy | 4.40 | Q | |
| Igor Feld | Soviet Union | 4.40 | Q | |
| Włodzimierz Sokołowski | Poland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Altti Alarotu | Finland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | Q | |
| Mike Bull | Great Britain | 4.40 | Q | |
| Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.40 | Q | |
| Claus Schiprowski | West Germany | 4.40 | Q | |
| Maurice Houvion | France | 4.20 | ||
| Paul Coppejans |  Belgium | 4.20 | ||
| Dimitar Khlebarov |  Bulgaria | 4.20 | ||
| Pavel Jindra | Czechoslovakia | 4.20 | ||
| František Taftl | Czechoslovakia | NH | ||
| Aldo Righi | Italy | NH | ||
| Risto Ivanoff | Finland | NH | ||
| Hans Lagerqvist | Sweden | NH | ||
| Tapio Mertanen | Sweden | NH | ||
| Hennadiy Bleznitsov | Soviet Union | NH | ||
| János Miskei |  Hungary | NH |
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (1)
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (1)
Finland (2)
France (3)
Greece (1)
Hungary (1)
Italy (2)
Poland (3)
Soviet Union (2)
Spain (1)
Sweden (3)
Great Britain (1)
West Germany (2)
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