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
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The women's javelin throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

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

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	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

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

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

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