1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.^[1]

Gold	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland
Silver	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Karin Frisch Jutta Stöck  West Germany
Bronze	Vera Popkova Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Renāte Lāce  Soviet Union

4 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska	44.49	CR
	West Germany	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Karin Frisch Jutta Stöck	44.60	NR
	Soviet Union	Vera Popkova Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Renāte Lāce	44.70
4	Hungary	Margit Nemesházi Erzsébet Bartos Annamária Tóth Ida Such	45.1
5	East Germany	Renate Heldt Ingrid Tiedtke Ursula Böhm Christina Heinich	45.3
6	Great Britain	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.4
7	Netherlands	Truus Hennipman Martha Klaasen Bos Wilma van den Berg Lidy Vonk	45.6
8	France	Danièle Guéneau Sylviane Telliez Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon	45.7	NR

3 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska	44.7	Q
2	East Germany	Christina Heinich Renate Heldt Ingrid Tiedtke Ursula Böhm	45.3	Q
3	Hungary	Margit Nemesházi Erzsébet Bartos Annamária Tóth Ida Such	45.3	Q
4	Great Britain	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.6	Q
5	Norway	Maj Lena Andersen Tove Bakkejord Berit Berthelsen Kirsten Rothe	45.9	NR

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Hannelore Trabert Jutta Stöck Renate Meyer Karin Frisch	44.9	Q
2	Soviet Union	Renāte Lāce Valentyna Bolshova Lyudmila Samotyosova Vera Popkova	45.0	Q
3	France	Danièle Guéneau Sylviane Telliez Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon	45.8	NR Q
4	Netherlands	Truus Hennipman Martha Klaasen Bos Wilma van den Berg Lidy Vonk	45.9	Q
5	Czechoslovakia	Eva Lehocká Eva Kucmanová Vlasta Přikrylová Alena Hiltscherova	46.0

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.