The men's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

Medalists Gold Manfred Matuschewski Silver Franz-Josef Kemper Bronze Bodo Tümmler

Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Manfred Matuschewski 1:45.9 CR NR Franz-Josef Kemper 1:46.0 Bodo Tümmler 1:46.3 4 Chris Carter 1:46.3 NR 5 Tomáš Jungwirth 1:46.7 NR 6 John Boulter 1:47.0 7 Alberto Esteban 1:47.4 NR 8 Noel Carroll 1:47.9

Semi-finals 3 September

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franz-Josef Kemper 1:47.9 Q 2 Tomáš Jungwirth 1:48.0 Q 3 Chris Carter 1:48.1 Q 4 Noel Carroll 1:48.3 Q 5 Vadim Mikhailov 1:48.7 6 Mathias Seidler 1:48.8 7 Guy Taillard 1:49.2 8 Maurice Lurot 1:49.9

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Matuschewski 1:49.3 Q 2 John Boulter 1:49.4 Q 3 Bodo Tümmler 1:49.5 Q 4 Alberto Esteban 1:49.5 Q 5 Rein Tölp 1:49.8 6 Pavel Penkava 1:49.8 7 Jürgen May 1:50.0 8 Jean-Michel Pellez 1:51.8

Heats 2 September

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mathias Seidler 1:48.3 Q 2 Franz-Josef Kemper 1:48.4 Q 3 Jean-Michel Pellez 1:48.6 Q 4 Derek McCleane 1:48.6 5 Arne Kvalheim 1:49.4 6 Petr Blaha 1:49.9 7 Marnix Cocquyt 1:53.7

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jürgen May 1:48.1 Q 2 Guy Taillard 1:48.1 Q 3 Pavel Penkava 1:48.2 Q 4 John Boulter 1:48.4 Q 5 Jacques Pennewaert 1:48.4 6 Franco Arese 1:49.6 7 Imre Nagy 1:50.4

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Carter 1:48.7 Q 2 Tomáš Jungwirth 1:48.9 Q 3 Rein Tölp 1:49.1 Q 4 Hansueli Mumenthaler 1:49.3 5 Lorant Stoll 1:50.3 6 Heikki Pippola 1:51.7 7 Gani Alia 1:52.4 NR Paul Roekaerts DQ

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Noel Carroll 1:48.1 Q 2 Alberto Esteban 1:48.2 Q 3 Vadim Mikhailov 1:48.4 Q 4 Walter Adams 1:48.8 5 Kenth Andersson 1:49.0 6 Erik Zelazny 1:50.2 7 Dinos Michaelides 1:51.9 8 Jože Međimurec 1:53.5

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bodo Tümmler 1:48.6 Q 2 Maurice Lurot 1:48.8 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski 1:48.9 Q 4 Rudolf Klaban 1:49.0 5 Remir Mitrofanov 1:49.2 6 Preben Glue 1:50.2 7 Ian Hamilton 1:53.7

Participation According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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