| Event: | Men's marathon |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's marathon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 September 1966.
| Gold | Jim Hogan | |
| Silver | Aurèle Vandendriessche | |
| Bronze | Gyula Tóth |
4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 2:20:04.6 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 2:21:43.6 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 2:22:02.0 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:22:23.8 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:23:14.8 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:23:33.8 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:23:38.6 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 2:23:49.4 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:25:10.6 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 2:25:11.4 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 2:25:48.2 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 2:26:04.8 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 2:26:08.6 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 2:26:50.8 | ||||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 2:27:51.4 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:28:18.8 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 2:29:23.0 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 2:30:34.2 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:31:37.0 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 2:32:10.0 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | 2:33:26.2 | ||||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | | 2:36:00.0 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:37:04.8 | |||
| 24 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:37:41.8 | |||
| 25 | align=left | align=left | | 2:38:26.0 | |||
| 26 | align=left | align=left | | 2:46:02.0 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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