1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Irena Kirszenstein Poland
Silver	Ewa Kłobukowska Poland
Bronze	Vera Popkova Soviet Union

Results

Final

2 September Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	23.1	CR
	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	23.4
	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.7
4	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.8
5	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	23.9
6	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.0
7	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.2
8	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.3

Semi-finals

1 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	23.8	Q
2	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.9	Q
3	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	24.1	Q
4	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.1	Q
5	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	24.4
6	Ljiljana Petnjarić	Yugoslavia	25.0
7	Gabrielle Meyer	France	25.2
	Ioana Petrescu	Romania	DNF

Semi-final 2

Wind: 1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	23.6	Q
2	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.8	Q
3	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.0	Q
4	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.1	Q
5	Valentyna Bolshova	Soviet Union	24.3
6	Maureen Tranter	Great Britain	24.3
7	Christine Heinich	East Germany	24.5
8	Donata Govoni	Italy	24.9

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Wind: 3.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.0 w	Q
2	Ioana Petrescu	Romania	24.5 w	Q
3	Maureen Tranter	Great Britain	24.7 w	Q
4	Gabrielle Meyer	France	25.6 w	Q

Heat 2

Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	24.3	Q
2	Christine Heinich	East Germany	24.3	Q
3	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	24.4	Q
4	Valentyna Bolshova	Soviet Union	24.4	Q
5	Olimbi Moçka	Albania	27.2

Heat 3

Wind: 2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.7 w	Q
2	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.7 w	Q
3	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	23.9 w	Q
4	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.3 w	Q
5	Janet Simpson	Great Britain	24.6 w
6	Erzsébet Bartos	Hungary	24.8 w

Heat 4

Wind: 5.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.6 w	Q
2	Donata Govoni	Italy	24.7 w	Q
3	Ljiljana Petnjarić	Yugoslavia	25.2 w	Q
4	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	25.2 w	Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)