1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 metres hurdles

Medalists

Gold	Karin Balzer  East Germany
Silver	Karin Frisch  West Germany
Bronze	Elżbieta Bednarek  Poland

Results

Final

4 September Wind: 0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Karin Balzer	East Germany	10.7
	Karin Frisch	West Germany	10.7
	Elżbieta Bednarek	Poland	10.7
4	Renate Balck	West Germany	10.7
5	Inge Schell	West Germany	10.8
6	Niliya Kulkova	Soviet Union	10.9
7	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.9
8	Gundula Diel	East Germany	11.0

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Balck	West Germany	10.8	Q
2	Elżbieta Bednarek	Poland	10.9	Q
3	Inge Schell	West Germany	10.9	Q
4	Gundula Diel	East Germany	11.1	Q
5	Vlasta Přikrylová	Czechoslovakia	11.1
6	Rimma Larionova	Soviet Union	11.2
7	Snezhana Zhalova	Bulgaria	11.2
	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	DNS

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.8	Q
2	Karin Frisch	West Germany	10.8	Q
3	Karin Balzer	East Germany	10.9	Q
4	Niliya Kulkova	Soviet Union	10.9	Q
5	Danièle Guéneau	France	11.1
6	Rita van Slooten	Netherlands	11.1
7	Vera Korsakova	Soviet Union	11.1
8	Regina Höfer	East Germany	11.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karin Balzer	East Germany	10.9	Q
2	Karin Frisch	West Germany	10.9	Q
3	Vlasta Přikrylová	Czechoslovakia	11.1	Q
4	Vera Korsakova	Soviet Union	11.2	Q
5	Magaly Vettorazzo	Italy	11.2
6	Pat Pryce	Great Britain	11.2
7	Françoise Masse	France	11.5
8	Melek Aydınoğlu	Turkey	12.4

Heat 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.9	Q
2	Danièle Guéneau	France	11.1	Q
3	Rimma Larionova	Soviet Union	11.1	Q
4	Regina Höfer	East Germany	11.2	Q
5	Maxine Botley	Great Britain	11.4
6	Mária Pethö	Hungary	11.6
7	Charoula Sasagianni	Greece	12.1

Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elżbieta Bednarek	Poland	10.7	Q
2	Inge Schell	West Germany	10.8	Q
3	Gundula Diel	East Germany	11.0	Q
4	Rita van Slooten	Netherlands	11.1	Q
5	Sirkka Norrlund	Finland	11.1
6	Alena Hiltscherova	Czechoslovakia	11.2
7	Marjana Lubej	Yugoslavia	11.6

Heat 4

Wind: 0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Balck	West Germany	10.9	Q
2	Niliya Kulkova	Soviet Union	10.9	Q
3	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	11.2	Q
4	Snezhana Zhalova	Bulgaria	11.3	Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.