European Athletics Championships 1978

12th European Athletics Championships
city	Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic
Stadion	Evžena Rošického Stadium
Competitions	40
World records	4th
More European records	1
opening	August 29, 1978
Closing ceremony	3rd September 1978
timeline
← Rome 1974	Athens 1982 →

Medal table  (final score after 40 decisions)
space	country
1	Soviet Union	13	11	11	35
2	GDR	12	10	11	33
3	BR Germany	4th	2	1	7th
4th	Italy	4th	1	-	5
5	Poland	2	2	3	7th
6th	Great Britain	1	4th	3	8th
7th	Finland	1	2	3	6th
8th	France	1	-	1	2
9	Hungary	1	-	-	1
	Spain	1	-	-	1
Complete medal table

Entry ticket for the European Athletics Championships

The 12th European Athletics Championships took place from August 29 to September 3, 1978 in Prague , the capital of what was then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic ).

Competitions

The women's competition catalog was again expanded to include a discipline at these European championships. In addition, there was now the 400-meter hurdles .

Athletic performance

The most successful nation this year was the Soviet Union , after the GDR had been in the lead in the last three European championships . The two associations were also at these European championships with thirteen (USSR) and twelve titles (GDR) well ahead of the other countries. The Federal Republic of Germany and Italy followed with four gold medals each. - An unofficial scoring was preceded by the Soviet Union with 224 points, ahead of the GDR (131), the Federal Republic of Germany (84), Great Britain (66), Poland (65) and Italy (57). Sepp Zeilbauer's fourth place earned the Austrian Federation three points, which meant that the Austrians, together with the Netherlands, came in 20th and last place.

• Four world records were set - exclusively by women . In addition, there was a new world record for men:
  • 400-meter hurdles : Tatiana Selenzowa ( Soviet Union ) - 54.89 s
  • Long jump : Vilma Bardauskienė (Soviet Union) - 7.09 m (in qualification)
  • 400 meter run : Marita Koch ( GDR ) - 48.94 s
  • High jump : Sara Simeoni ( Italy ) - 2.01 m (world record equalized)
  • 20 km walk : Roland Wieser (GDR) - 1: 23: 11.5 h (world best time)
• There was also a new European record:
  • Javelin throw : Ruth Fuchs (GDR) - 69.16 m
• Five athletes won two gold medals each at these championships:
  • Pietro Mennea (Italy) - 100 meters , 200 meters
  • Franz-Peter Hofmeister ( Federal Republic of Germany ) - 400 meters, 4 × 400 m relay
  • Harald Schmid (BR Germany) - 400 meter hurdles , 4 × 400 m relay
  • Lyudmila Kondratjewa (Soviet Union) - 100 meters, 4 × 100 m relay
  • Marita Koch (GDR) - 400 meters, 4 × 400 m relay
• Three of the European champion from 1978 had previously EM won -Titel:
  • Pietro Mennea (Italy) - 200 meters, repeating his 1974 success
  • Bronisław Malinowski ( Poland ) - 3000 meters obstacle , repetition of his 1974 success
  • Ruth Fuchs (GDR) - javelin throw , repetition of her success from 1974

Sports political tensions

Because the organizers insisted on the designation "Federal Republic of Germany", but the association designation was "Germany", the entire delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany stayed away from the opening and closing ceremony.

doping

For the first time at a major international athletics event, there were several doping-related disqualifications. There were a total of five proven cases, four athletes came from the Soviet Union and one athlete from Bulgaria. The competitions in the field of throw / push and the all-around competition were affected. The five athletes involved were:

• Yevgeny Mironov , Soviet Union - shot put (initially runner-up). He was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations. The athletes who were initially placed behind him in the final moved up one rank each.
• Vasily Yershov , Soviet Union - javelin throw (initially fifth). He was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations and suspended for eighteen months. The athletes who were initially placed behind him in the final moved up one rank each.
• Elena Stoyanova , Bulgaria - Shot put (initially fifth). However, the title was subsequently revoked for a doping offense . The athletes who were initially placed behind her in the final moved up one rank each.
• Nadia Tkachenko , Soviet Union - Pentathlon (First First). However, the title was subsequently revoked for a doping offense . The athletes who were initially placed behind her in the final moved up one rank each.
• Yekaterina Gordijenko , Soviet Union - Pentathlon (initially fifth). She was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations. The athletes who were initially placed behind her in the final moved up one rank each.

Results men

Pietro Mennea - European champion over both sprint courses

100 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pietro Mennea	ITA	10.27
2	Eugene Ray	GDR	10.36
3	Volodymyr Ihnatenko	URS	10.37 PB
4th	Petar Petrov	BUL	10.41 SB
5	Leszek Dunecki	POLE	10.43
6th	Allan Wells	GBR	10.45
7th	Nikolai Kolesnikov	URS	10.46
8th	Valery Borsov	URS	10.55

Final: August 30th

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.16 CR
2	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.61 SB
3	Peter Muster	SUI	20.64
4th	Leszek Dunecki	POLE	20.68
5	Pascal Barré	FRA	20.70 SB
6th	Zenon Licznerski	POLE	20.74
7th	Alexander Aksinin	URS	20.87 SB
8th	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	20.92

Final: September 1st

Wind: −0.2 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	45.73 SB
2	Karel Kolář	TCH	45.77 PB
3	Francis Demarthon	FRA	45.97 SB
4th	Lothar war	FRG	46.22 SB
5	Terry Whitehead	GBR	46.23 SB
6th	Richard Ashton	GBR	46.34
7th	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.69
DNF	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POLE

Final: September 1st

800 m

Surprise European champion Olaf Beyer

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Olaf Beyer	GDR	1: 43.84 CR / DR
2	Steve Ovett	GBR	1: 44.09 PB
3	Sebastian Coe	GBR	1: 44.76
4th	Anatoly Reshetnyak	URS	1: 45.79 PB
5	Vladimir Podolyako	URS	1: 46.24
6th	Andreas Busse	GDR	1: 47.1
7th	Dragan Životić	YUG	1: 47.4
8th	José Marajo	FRA	1: 53.4

Finale: August 31

1500 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Ovett	GBR	3: 35.59 CR
2	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	3: 36.70 SB
3	David Moorcroft	GBR	3: 36.75 SB
4th	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	3: 37.19 SB
5	Antti Loikkanen	FIN	3: 37.54 SB
6th	José Marajo	FRA	3: 38.20 SB
7th	Jürgen Straub	GDR	3: 38.88 SB
8th	John Robson	GBR	3: 39.6 SB

Final: September 3rd

5000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Venanzio Ortis	ITA	13: 28.52
2	Markus Ryffel	SUI	13: 28.60
3	Alyaksandr Fjadotkin	URS	13: 28.60
4th	John Treacy	IRL	13: 28.83
5	Ilie Floroiu	ROME	13: 29.27
6th	Martti Vainio	FIN	13: 29.67 SB
7th	Nick Rose	GBR	13: 32.8 SB
8th	Enn Sellik	URS	13: 35.8

Final: September 2nd

10,000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / men's 10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Martti Vainio	FIN	27: 30.99 CR / NR
2	Venanzio Ortis	ITA	27: 31.48 PB
3	Aleksandras Antipovas	URS	27: 31.50 NO
4th	Brendan Foster	GBR	27: 32.65
5	Dave Black	GBR	27: 36.27 PB
6th	Gerard Tebroke	NED	27: 36.64 PB
7th	Ilie Floroiu	ROME	27: 40.06 NO
8th	Knut Kvalheim	NOR	27: 40.61 NO

Date: August 29th

marathon

→ Main article : 1978 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Leonid Mossejew	URS	2: 11: 57.5 CR
2	Nikolai Pensin	URS	2: 11: 59.0 PB
3	Karel Lismont	BEL	2: 12: 07.0 SB
4th	Waldemar Cierpinski	GDR	2: 12: 20.0 SB
5	Catalin Andreica	ROME	2: 12: 29.4 PB
6th	Massimo Magnani	ITA	2: 12: 45.3 SB
7th	Hans-Joachim Truppel	GDR	2: 12: 54.3 SB
8th	Jürgen Eberding	GDR	2: 13: 39.7 SB

Date: September 3rd

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	13.54
2	Jan Pusty	POLE	13.55 SB
3	Arto Bryggare	FIN	13.56 SB
4th	Giuseppe Buttari	ITA	13.78
5	Eduard Pereversev	URS	13.83
6th	Vyacheslav Kulebjakin	URS	13.90 SB
7th	Romuald Giegiel	POLE	13.91 SB
8th	Dieter Gebhard	FRG	13.94

Final: September 3rd

Wind: −0.5 m / s

400 m hurdles

Harald Schmid won his first of three 400 m hurdles titles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harald Schmid	FRG	48.51 CR
2	Dimitri Stukalov	URS	49.72 SB
3	Wassyl Archypenko	URS	49.77 SB
4th	Franz Meier	SUI	49.77 SB
5	Harry Schulting	NED	50.07 SB
6th	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.10
7th	José Alonso	ESP	50.19 SB
8th	Horia Toboc	ROME	50.46

Finale: August 31

3000 m obstacle

Bronislaw Malinowski repeated his 1974 success

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bronislaw Malinowski	POLE	8: 15.08
2	Patriz Ilg	FRG	8: 16.92 SB
3	Ismo Toukonen	FIN	8: 18.29 PB
4th	Michael Karst	FRG	8: 19.01 SB
5	Paul Copu	ROME	8: 20.41 PB
6th	Vasile Bichea	ROME	8: 24.86 SB
7th	František Bartoš	TCH	8: 38.0
8th	Manfred Schoeneberg	FRG	8: 40.1

Final: September 3rd

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Poland	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Voronin	38.58 CR
2	GDR	Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme	38.78 SB
3	USSR	Sergei Wladimirzew Nikolai Kolesnikow Alexandr Aksinin Volodymyr Ihnatenko	38.82 SB
4th	France	Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo	38.90 SB
5	Italy	Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea	39.11 SB
6th	Great Britain	Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Stephen Green	39.49 SB
7th	Switzerland	Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler	39.56 SB
8th	Belgium	Ronald Desruelles Hans van den Daele Danny Roelandt Lambert Micha	39.73 SB

Final: September 3rd

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 400 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid	3: 02.03 CR
2	Poland	Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas	3: 03.62
3	Czechoslovakia	Josef Lomický František Brečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář	3: 03.99
4th	Switzerland	Rolf Strittmatter Peter Haas Konstantin Vogt Rolf Gisler	3: 04.29
5	GDR	Frank Richter Günter Arnold Andreas Busse Jürgen Pfennig	3: 04.39
6th	France	Maurice Volmar Gerard Boutier Hector Llatser Francis Demarthon	3: 05.63
7th	Italy	Roberto Tozzi Daniele Zanini Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea	3: 06.70
8th	Yugoslavia	Rok Kopitar Dragan Zivotic Milovan Savic Željko Knapić	3: 06.90

Final: September 3rd

20 km walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/20 km walking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Roland Wieser	GDR	1: 23: 11.5 WBL
2	Pyotr Pochinchuk	URS	1: 23: 43.0 PB
3	Anatoly Solomin	URS	1: 24: 11.5
4th	Borys Yakovlev	URS	1: 24: 27.9 PB
5	José Marín	ESP	1: 24: 38.1 SB
6th	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1: 24: 57.5 SB
7th	Hartwig Gauder	GDR	1: 25: 15.7 SB
8th	Roberto Buccione	ITA	1: 25: 40.9 PB

Date: August 30th

Jorge Llopart

50 km of walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/50 km men's walk

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jorge Llopart	ESP	3: 53: 29.9 CR
2	Weniamin soldiersko	URS	3: 55: 12.1 PB
3	Jan Ornoch	POLE	3: 55: 15.9 PB
4th	Otto Bartsch	URS	3: 53: 27.7 PB
5	Viktor Dobrowski	URS	3: 57: 26.7 SB
6th	Vittorio Visini	ITA	3: 57: 42.8 PB
7th	Alessandro Bellucci	ITA	3: 58: 25.9 SB
8th	Olaf Pilarski	GDR	4:00: 03.8 PB

Date: September 2nd

Jorge Llopart - on the right in the photo - won the longest distance at the European Championships

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vladimir Yashchenko	URS	2.30 CR
2	Aljaksandr Hryhorjeu	URS	2.28 SB
3	Rolf Beilschmidt	GDR	2.28 SB
4th	Henry Lauterbach	GDR	2.26
5	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	2.21 SB
6th	Jacek Wszoła	POLE	2.21 SB
7th	André Schneider	FRG	2.21 SB
8th	Josef Hrabal	TCH	2.18 SB

Final: September 2nd

Pole vault

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vladimir Trofimenko	URS	5.55 CR
2	Antti Kalliomäki	FIN	5.50 SB
3	Rauli Pudas	FIN	5.45 SB
4th	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	POLE	5.45
5	Yevgeny Tananika	URS	5.40
6th	Philippe Houvion	FRA	5.40 SB
7th	François Tracanelli	FRA	5.30 SB
	Brian Hooper	GBR	5.30 SB

Final: September 1st

Long jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	8.18 CR
2	Nenad Stekic	YUG	8.12
3	Vladimir Zepelyov	URS	8.01
4th	Grzegorz Cybulski	POLE	7.96 SB
5	Jochen Versch	FRG	7.89 SB
6th	Valery Pidluschnyj	URS	7.89 SB
7th	Roy Mitchell	GBR	7.88 SB
8th	Åke Fransson	SWE	7.65

Final: September 2nd

Triple jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Milos Srejović	YUG	16.94 SB
2	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.93 SB
3	Anatoly Piskulin	URS	16.87
4th	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.87 SB
5	Henads Valyukevich	URS	16.64 SB
6th	Keith Connor	GBR	16.64 SB
7th	Milan Spasojevic	YUG	16.62 SB
8th	Aston Moore	GBR	16.55 SB

Final: September 3rd

Udo Beyer was the only one to surpass the 21-meter mark

Shot put

→ Main article : 1978 European Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Udo Beyer	GDR	21.08 CRe
2	Alexander Baryshnikov	URS	20.68
3	Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	20.30
4th	Reijo Ståhlberg	FIN	20.17
5	Anatoly Yarosh	URS	20.03
6th	Jaromír Vlk	TCH	19.53
7th	Hreinn Halldórsson	ISL	19.34
8th	Jaroslav Brabec	TCH	19.27

Final: September 1st

There was a doping case in this competition. The Soviet shot putter Yevgeny Mironov , who originally took second place, was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations. The athletes who were initially placed behind him in the final moved up one rank each.

Discus throw

Wolfgang Schmidt

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	66.82 CR
2	Markku Tuokko	FIN	64.90 SB
3	Imrich Bugár	TCH	64.66 SB
4th	Welko Welew	BUL	64.56
5	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	63.76 SB
6th	Alwin Wagner	FRG	62.70 SB
7th	Dmitri Kovzun	URS	61.84 SB
8th	Wolfgang Warnemünde	GDR	61.28

Final: September 3rd

Wolfgang Schmidt ( photo ) - European champion before falling out of favor in the GDR's political system

Hammer throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yury Sjedych	URS	77.28 CR
2	Roland Steuk	GDR	77.24
3	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	77.02
4th	Detlef Gerstenberg	GDR	76.70 SB
5	Manfred Hüning	FRG	76.46 SB
6th	Boris Saitschuk	URS	75.62
7th	Edoardo Podberscek	ITA	73.02 SB
8th	Giampaolo Urlando	ITA	72.62

Final: September 2nd

Javelin throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Michael Wessing	FRG	89.12
2	Nikolai Grebnew	URS	87.82
3	Wolfgang Hanisch	GDR	87.66
4th	Detlef Michel	GDR	85.46 SB
5	Helmut Schreiber	FRG	83.58 SB
6th	Miklós Németh	HUN	83.58 SB
7th	Piotr Bielczyk	POLE	81.80 SB
8th	Terje Thorslund	NOR	80.42 SB

Final: August 30th

There was a doping case in this competition. The Soviet pitcher Wassili Jerschow, who originally came in fifth, was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations and suspended for eighteen months. The athletes who were initially placed behind him in the final moved up one rank each.

Decathlon

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space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Alexander Grebenyuk	URS	8340 CR	8337
2	Daley Thompson	GBR	8289 SB	8257
3	Siegfried Stark	GDR	8208 SB	8224
4th	Sepp Zeilbauer	AUT	7988 SB	7969
5	Yuri Kuzenko	URS	7978 SB	7918
6th	Roger Kanerva	FIN	7945 PB	7923
7th	Johannes Lahti	FIN	7913 PB	7875
8th	Rainer Pottel	GDR	7900 SB	7883

Date: 30./31. August

The scores were based on the points table from 1964.
For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed. After that, the seventh placed Johannes Lahti and the eighth placed Rainer Pottel should have swapped their ranks. Also in seventeenth - Armin Tschenett - and eighteen - Christer Lythell - the order would have been reversed. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Results women

Marlies Göhr - European champion with
EM record

100 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlies Goehr	GDR	11.13 CR
2	Linda Haglund	SWE	11.29
3	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	11.31
4th	Monika Hamann	GDR	11.33 SB
5	Lyudmila Storoschkowa	URS	11.33 SB
6th	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	URS	11.38
7th	Chantal Rega	FRA	11.49
8th	Sonia Lannaman	GBR	11.67

Final: August 30th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/200 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	URS	22.52
2	Marlies Goehr	GDR	22.53
3	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.64
4th	Monika Hamann	GDR	22.76
5	Chantal Rega	FRA	22.77
6th	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	22.89
7th	Linda Haglund	SWE	23.07
8th	Liljana Ivanova	BUL	23.23

Final: September 1st

Wind: −0.2 m / s

400 m

Marita Koch ( right ) after her world record at the
GDR championships in 1978

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/400 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marita Koch	GDR	48.94 WR
2	Christina Brehmer	GDR	50.38
3	Irena Szewińska	POLE	50.40 SB
4th	Maria Kultschunowa	URS	51.25 SB
5	Christiane Marquardt	GDR	51.99
6th	Donna Hartley	GBR	52.31
7th	Pirjo Haggman	FIN	52.64
8th	Verona Elder	GBR	52.73

Finale: August 31

800 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Prowidochina	URS	1: 55.80 CR
2	Nadezhda Mushta	URS	1: 55.82 SB
3	Soy Rigel	URS	1: 56.57 PB
4th	Totka Petrova	BUL	1: 56.59
5	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	1: 57.45 NU23R
6th	Anita white	GDR	1: 57.71
7th	Ulrike Bruns	GDR	1: 58.62 SB
8th	Fița Lovin	ROME	1: 58.82

Finale: August 31

1500 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/1500 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Giana Romanova	URS	3: 59.77 CR
2	Natalia Mărăşescu	ROME	3: 59.80 SB
3	Totka Petrova	BUL	4: 00.15 NU23R
4th	Valentina Ilyinich	URS	4: 00.18 PB
5	Grete Waitz	NOR	4: 00.55 NO
6th	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	4: 01.25 NU23R
7th	Ulrike Bruns	GDR	4: 02.20
8th	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	4: 04.60 SB

Final: September 3rd

3000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/3000 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	8: 33.16 CR
2	Natalia Mărăşescu	ROME	8: 33.53 PB
3	Grete Waitz	NOR	8: 34.33
4th	Maricica Puică	ROME	8: 40.94 SB
5	Giana Romanova	URS	8: 45.74
6th	Cornelia Bürki	SUI	8: 46.13 SB
7th	Raisa Belousova	URS	8: 48.73 SB
8th	Paula Fudge	GBR	8: 48.74 PB

Date: August 29th

Johanna Klier narrowly prevailed

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/100 m hurdles for women

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Johanna Klier	GDR	12.62 SB
2	Tatiana Anisimova	URS	12.67 PB
3	Gudrun Berend	GDR	12.73 PB
4th	Nina Morgulina	URS	12.86 SB
5	Lucyna Langer	POLE	12.98 SB
6th	Annerose Fiedler	GDR	13.09
7th	Elzbieta Rabsztyn	POLE	13.17
DSQ	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POLE

Final: September 2nd

Wind: +0.6 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/400 m hurdles for women

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tatiana Selentsova	URS	54.89 WR
2	Silvia Hollmann	FRG	55.14 DR
3	Karin Rossley	GDR	55.36 SB
4th	Brigitte Koehn	GDR	55.46 PB
5	Krystyna Kacperczyk	POLE	55.55
6th	Anita white	GDR	55.63 PB
7th	Ingrīda Barkāne	URS	55.96 PB
8th	Genowefa Blaszak	POLE	57.72

Final: September 2nd

4 × 100 m relay

The third-placed GDR relay ( from left to right ): Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 100 m women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	USSR	Vera Anissimowa Lyudmila Maslakowa Lyudmila Kondratjewa Lyudmila Storoschkowa	42.54 SB
2	Great Britain	Beverley Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman	42.72 SB
3	GDR	Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr	43.07
4th	Bulgaria	Sofka Popowa Liljana Iwankowa Zdrawka Schipokliewa Iwanka Walkowa	43.47 SB
5	Poland	Grażyna Rabsztyn Zofia Bielczyk Jolanta Stalmach Irena Szewińska	43.83 SB
6th	BR Germany	Elvira Possekel Dagmar Schenten Claudia Steger Petra Sharp	44.34 SB
7th	Sweden	Linda Haglund Helena Pihl Jeanette Rangeby Lena Möller	44.37
DNF	France	Véronique Grandrieux Annie Alize Chantal Réga Raimonde Naigré

Final: September 3rd

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 400 women

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	GDR	Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch	3: 21.20 CR
2	USSR	Tetiana Prorotschenko Nadezhda Muschta Tatiana Prowidochina Marija Kultschunowa	3: 22.53 SB
3	Poland	Małgorzata Gajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska	3: 26.76 SB
4th	Great Britain	Karen Williams Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Hartley	3: 27.17 SB
5	BR Germany	Elke Decker Elke Barth Gaby Bußmann Silvia Hollmann	3: 27.96 SB
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jarmila Kratochvílová Jindriska Kubeckova Eva Rakova Jozefina Cerchlanova	3: 30.4 SB
7th	Romania	Maria Samungi Doina Badescu Marianna Suman Eleonora Tarita	3: 30.7 SB
8th	Hungary	Eva Mohacsi Rozalia Halmosi Iren Orosz Ilona Pal	3: 32.2

Final: September 3rd

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Sara Simeoni	ITA	2.01 WRe
2	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	1.99 SB
3	Brigitte Holzapfel	FRG	1.95 BRe
4th	Jutta Kirst	GDR	1.93 SB
5	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	1.91
6th	Andrea Mátay	HUN	1.85 SB
7th	Snezana Hrpevnik	YUG	1.85 PBe
8th	Urszula Kielan	POLE	1.85 SBe

Finale: August 31

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / women's long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vilma Bardauskienė	URS	6.88
2	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.79 SB
3	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.69 SB
4th	Brigitte Wujak	GDR	6.60
5	Gina Panait	ROME	6.52
6th	Sue Reeve	GBR	6.48 PB
7th	Karin Hänel	FRG	6.48
8th	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.44 PB

Final: August 30th

In the qualification, Vilma Bardauskienė set a world record with 7.09 m .

Shot put

Ilona Slupianek won by more than half a meter - last year, however, there had been a positive doping test for her

→ Main article : 1978 European Athletics Championships / women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ilona Slupianek	GDR	21.41 CR
2	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	20.86
3	Margitta Droese	GDR	20.58
4th	Svetlana Krachevskaya	URS	20.13 SB
5	Eva Wilms	FRG	19.20 SB
6th	Ivanka Petrova	BUL	18.85 SB
7th	Svetlana Melnikova	URS	18.63 SB
8th	Mihaela Loghin	ROU	17.35 SB

Final: August 30th

There was a doping case in this competition. The Bulgarian athlete Elena Stoyanova, who originally finished fifth, was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations and suspended for eighteen months. The athletes who were initially placed behind her in the final moved up one rank each.

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Evelin Jahl	GDR	66.98
2	Margitta Droese	GDR	64.04
3	Natalia Gorbacheva	URS	63.58 SB
4th	Sabine Engel	GDR	63.46 SB
5	Faina Welewa	URS	62.30
6th	Svetla Boschkowa	BUL	61.94 SB
7th	Lyudmila Isayeva	URS	61.56 SB
8th	Jitka Prouzová	TCH	59.90 SB

Finale: August 31

Javelin throw

Ruth Fuchs defended her title with a European record

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ruth Fuchs	GDR	69.16 ER
2	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	62.40 SB
3	Ute Hommola	GDR	62.32 SB
4th	Ute Richter	GDR	62.04 SB
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	ROME	61.14 SB
6th	Eva Helmschmidt	FRG	60.96 SB
7th	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	60.18 SB
8th	Bernadette Blechacz	POLE	60.14 SB

Final: September 1st

Pentathlon

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1978 / Women's Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Margit Papp	HUN	4655 CR	4694
2	Burglinde Pollak	GDR	4600 SB	4614
3	Kristine Nitzsche	GDR	4599 PB	4648
4th	Beatrix Philipp	FRG	4554 PB	4582
5	Ekaterina Smirnova	URS	4534 PB	4545
6th	Ramona Neubert	GDR	4380 SB	4381
7th	Ina Losch	FRG	4319 PB	4302
8th	Florence Picaut	FRA	4307 SB	4281

Date: September 2nd

The evaluation was based on the points table from 1977, in which the change of discipline in this competition was taken into account - the 800-meter run instead of the 200-meter run as the final exercise. The results achieved in previous pentathlon competitions were therefore no longer comparable with the results of the competition in its current form.

Using the rating system that is valid today for the heptathlon - points are listed in the table below for comparison - the silver and bronze medals would have to be swapped. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

The pentathlon was affected by two doping cases:

• Originally, the Soviet athlete Nadija Tkachenko was ahead with 4744 points. However, the title was subsequently revoked for a doping offense .
• Yekaterina Gordijenko, also from the USSR, initially fifth, was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations.

The athletes who were initially placed behind the two doping offenders in the final moved up one rank each.

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 24, 2017
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 24, 2017
• 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on June 24, 2017
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 24, 2017
• To the amazement and shock , Zeit Online August 8, 1980 at zeit.de, accessed on June 24, 2017
• Jump out of the window , Spiegel Online May 16, 1988 at spiegel.de, accessed on June 24, 2017
• Analysis of the reaction times in the sprint at the European Championships in Prague 1978 on bisp-surf.de, accessed on June 24, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} USSR before the GDR at EM. Austria 20th at www.arbeiter-zeitung.at, p. 10, September 5, 1978, accessed on February 21, 2019
2. ↑ Doping FRG / GDR past, doping in the FRG - 1970s on cycling4fans.de, accessed on August 4, 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} 7 Women Athletes Banned For Drugs , New York Times, October 26, 1979, section six, accessed August 4, 2019
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Politic Of Drugs In The Olympic Movement, Editors: Wayne Wilson / Edward Derse , reading sample, ISBN 0-7360-0329-0 , English, accessed on August 4, 2019
5. ↑ ^{a b} Unglaubliche Angst , Spiegel Online October 4, 1982 at spiegel.de, accessed on August 4, 2019
6. ^ "Struggle of Life": GDR athletes and their flight , Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, June 10, 2011, accessed on February 21, 2019
7. ↑ Doping - not an issue for the Briesenick family on taz.de, accessed on August 12, 2019