The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.
Medalists Gold Jan WernerEdmund BorowskiStanisław GrędzińskiAndrzej BadeńskiSilver Friedrich RoderfeldJens UlbrichtRolf KrüsmannManfred KinderBronze Joachim BothGünther KlannMichael ZerbesWilfried Weiland
Results Final 4 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Jan WernerEdmund BorowskiStanisław GrędzińskiAndrzej Badeński 3:04.5 CR NR Friedrich RoderfeldJens UlbrichtRolf KrüsmannManfred Kinder 3:04.8 Joachim BothGünther KlannMichael ZerbesWilfried Weiland 3:05.7 NR 4 Jean-Pierre BoccardoJean-Claude NalletRobert PoirierMichel Samper 3:05.7 NR 5 John AdeyJohn SherwoodMartin Winbolt-LewisTim Graham 3:05.9 6 Bruno BianchiRoberto FrinolliFurio FusiSergio Bello 3:06.5 NR 7 Josef HegyesJaromír HaislPavel PenkavaJosef Trousil 3:09.3 8 László HorváthImre NemesháziGyula RábaiIstván Bátori 3:10.3
Heats 3 September
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Jens UlbrichtManfred KinderRolf KrüsmannFriedrich Roderfeld 3:07.1 Q 2 John AdeyJohn SherwoodMartin Winbolt-LewisTim Graham 3:07.2 Q 3 István BátoriGyula RábaiLászló HorváthIstván Gyulai 3:07.9 Q 4 Josef TrousilJosef HegyesJaromír HaislLadislav Kříž 3:08.1 Q 5 Hryhoriy SverbetovAleksandr IvanovVasyl AnisimovBoris Savchuk 3:09.3 6 Nikolaos RegoukosDimosthenis KoutsoulisKonstantinos MihailidisAthanasios Vogiatzis 3:14.2
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Andrzej BadeńskiStanisław GrędzińskiEdmund BorowskiJan Werner 3:14.8 Q 2 Wilfried WeilandMichael ZerbesJoachim BothGünther Klann 3:17.0 Q 3 Jean-Pierre BoccardoMichel SamperRobert PoirierJean-Claude Nallet 3:17.4 Q 4 Sergio BelloBruno BianchiRoberto FrinolliFurio Fusi 3:17.4 Q
Participation According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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