1966 European Indoor Games – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1966 European Indoor Games was held on 27 March in Dortmund.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eddy Ottoz Italy	Mike Parker Great Britain	Hinrich John West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mike Parker	Great Britain	7.9	Q
2	1	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	7.9	Q
3	1	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	7.9	q
4	1	Fiorenzo Marchesi	Switzerland	8.2	q
1	2	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	7.8	Q, WB
2	2	Hinrich John	West Germany	7.9	Q
3	2	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	8.2	q
4	2	Luc Legros	Belgium	8.4
1	3	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	8.0	Q
2	3	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	8.1	Q
3	3	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	8.2	q
4	3	Sture Fröberg	Sweden	8.2	q
5	3	Hans Nerlich	East Germany	8.3	q

Intermediate round

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	7.9	Q
2	1	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	8.0	Q
3	1	Hans Nerlich	East Germany	8.1
4	1	Fiorenzo Marchesi	Switzerland	8.2
5	1	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	12.0
1	2	Hinrich John	West Germany	7.9	Q
2	2	Mike Parker	Great Britain	7.9	Q
3	2	Sture Fröberg	Sweden	8.0	q
4	2	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	8.0	q
5	2	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	8.1

Note: Both Italian runners missed the semifinals. After a protest by Italy was upheld, this round was deemed to be an intermediate round, with the six advancing qualifiers and both Italians running in the semifinals.

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	7.7	Q, WB
2	1	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	7.9	Q
3	1	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	8.1	Q
4	1	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	8.2
1	2	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	7.9	Q
2	2	Hinrich John	West Germany	7.9	Q
3	2	Mike Parker	Great Britain	8.0	Q
4	2	Sture Fröberg	Sweden	8.2

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	7.7	=WB
	2	Mike Parker	Great Britain	7.8
	5	Hinrich John	West Germany	7.9
4	6	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	7.9
5	1	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	7.9
6	3	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	8.0