1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump explained

Event:	Women's long jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

Gold	Irena Kirszenstein
Silver	Diana Yorgova
Bronze	Helga Hoffmann

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		6.55	CR
	align=left		align=left		6.45
	align=left		align=left		6.38
4	align=left		align=left		6.34	NR
5	align=left		align=left		6.33
6	align=left		align=left		6.33
7	align=left		align=left		6.30
8	align=left		align=left		6.23	NR
9	align=left		align=left		6.22
10	align=left		align=left		6.19
11	align=left		align=left		6.16
12	align=left		align=left		5.98
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Qualification

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		6.30	Q
2	align=left		align=left		6.26	Q
3	align=left		align=left		6.22	Q
4	align=left		align=left		6.21	Q
5	align=left		align=left		6.19	Q
6	align=left		align=left		6.19	Q
7	align=left		align=left		6.16	Q
8	align=left		align=left		6.15	Q
9	align=left		align=left		6.12	Q
10	align=left		align=left		6.12	Q
11	align=left		align=left		6.12	Q
12	align=left		align=left		6.05	Q
13	align=left		align=left		6.05	Q
14	align=left		align=left		6.04
15	align=left		align=left		5.94
16	align=left		align=left		5.94
17	align=left		align=left		5.92
18	align=left		align=left		5.84
19	align=left		align=left		5.77
20	align=left		align=left		5.68
21	align=left		align=left		5.62
22	align=left		align=left		5.60
23	align=left		align=left		5.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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