1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Marion Lüttge East Germany
Silver	Mihaela Peneș Romania
Bronze	Valentina Popova Soviet Union

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marion Lüttge	East Germany	58.74
	Mihaela Peneș	Romania	56.94
	Valentina Popova	Soviet Union	56.70
4	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	55.96
5	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	55.52
6	Márta Rudas	Hungary	54.30
7	Daniela Tarkowska	Poland	49.70
8	Erika Strasser	Austria	49.26
9	Gertrud Schönauer	Austria	48.56
10	Eva Egger	Austria	48.54
11	Ameli Koloska	West Germany	47.90
	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	NM

Qualification

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Marion Lüttge	East Germany	59.70	CR NR Q
2	Márta Rudas	Hungary	57.72	Q
3	Valentina Popova	Soviet Union	55.32	Q
4	Mihaela Peneș	Romania	55.02	Q
5	Ameli Koloska	West Germany	53.04	Q
6	Eva Egger	Austria	52.12	Q
7	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	52.08	Q
8	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	51.34	Q
9	Erika Strasser	Austria	50.68	Q
10	Daniela Tarkowska	Poland	50.58	Q
11	Gertrud Schönauer	Austria	50.52	Q
12	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	49.74	Q
13	Ágnes Radnai	Hungary	49.34
14	Anneliese Gerhards	West Germany	49.26
15	Angela Ranky	Hungary	49.14
16	Marilena Ciurea	Romania	46.82

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (3)
• East Germany (1)

• Hungary (3)
• Poland (1)

• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (3)

• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)