en 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Georgi Stoykovski Bulgaria
Silver	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn East Germany
Bronze	Henrik Kalocsai Hungary

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.67	CR NR
	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	East Germany	16.66	NR
	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	16.59	NR
4	Jan Jaskólski	Poland	16.57
5	Józef Szmidt	Poland	16.45
6	Michael Sauer	West Germany	16.39
7	Șerban Ciochină	Romania	16.22
8	Siegfried Dähne	East Germany	16.17
9	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	16.15
10	Petr Nemšovský	Czechoslovakia	16.14
11	Vladimir Kurkyevich	Soviet Union	16.00
12	Fred Alsop	Great Britain	15.93
13	Anatoliy Alyabyev	Soviet Union	15.77
14	Zoltán Cziffra	Hungary	15.73
15	Dodyu Patarinski	Bulgaria	15.65
16	Nikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	15.46

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Michael Sauer	West Germany	16.46	NR Q
2	Șerban Ciochină	Romania	16.42	NR Q
3	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	16.41	Q
4	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	16.28	Q
5	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	East Germany	16.11	Q
6	Vladimir Kurkyevich	Soviet Union	16.11	Q
7	Anatoliy Alyabyev	Soviet Union	16.09	Q
8	Petr Nemšovský	Czechoslovakia	16.07	Q
9	Józef Szmidt	Poland	16.05	Q
10	Jan Jaskólski	Poland	16.00	Q
11	Zoltán Cziffra	Hungary	15.99	Q
12	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	15.91	Q
13	Siegfried Dähne	East Germany	15.91	Q
14	Nikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	15.84	Q
15	Fred Alsop	Great Britain	15.83	Q
16	Dodyu Patarinski	Bulgaria	15.82	Q
17	Pertti Pousi	Finland	15.67
18	František Krupala	Czechoslovakia	15.60
19	Martin Jensen	Norway	15.58
20	Günther Krivec	West Germany	15.58
21	Andrzej Puławski	Poland	15.55
22	Aşkın Tuna	Turkey	15.53
23	Evangelos Vlassis	Greece	15.39
24	Dragán Ivanov	Hungary	15.22

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.