| Greece at the 1966 European Athletics Championships | |
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| IAAF code | GRE |
| National federation | Hellenic Athletics Federation |
| Website | www |
| in Budapest | |
| Competitors | 15 |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
Greece was represented by 15 athletes at the 1966 European Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, self-identified and historically known as Hellas, is a country located in Southern and Southeast Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2016. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.
The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.
