European Athletics Championships 1978/1500 m men
12th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | 1500 meter run of men |
city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic![]() ![]() |
Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
Attendees | 34 athletes from 19 countries |
Competition phase | September 1st (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
Medalist | |
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Steve Ovett ( GBR )
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Eamonn Coghlan ( IRL )
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David Moorcroft ( GBR )
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The 1,500-meter race of the men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on 1 and 3 September 1978 Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
With gold and bronze, British middle-distance athletes won two medals in this competition. European champion was Steve Ovett , who had finished second in the 800 meters three days earlier, as in 1974 . He won before the Irishman Eamonn Coghlan . Bronze went to David Moorcroft .
Records
Existing records
World record | 3: 32.2 min |
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Christchurch , New Zealand | 2nd July 1974 |
European record | 3: 34.0 min |
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Colombes , France | June 25, 1966 |
Championship record | 3: 38.43 min |
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EM Helsinki , Finland | 15th August 1971 |
Record improvement
European champion Steve Ovett improved the existing EM record in the final on September 3rd by 2.84 seconds to 3: 35.59 minutes.
Preliminary round
September 1, 1978, 7:05 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Eamonn Coghlan |
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3: 39.98 |
2 | David Moorcroft |
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3: 40.0 |
3 | Olaf Beyer |
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3: 40.1 |
4th | Thomas Wessinghage |
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3: 40.1 |
5 | José Marajo |
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3: 40.6 |
6th | Valery Abramov |
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3: 40.9 SB |
7th | Bernhard Vifian |
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3: 42.5 SB |
8th | Robert Nemeth |
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3: 44.1 SB |
9 | Ari Paunonen |
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3: 45.0 SB |
10 | José Manuel Abascal |
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3: 47.6 SB |
11 | Marcel Pierrard |
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3: 52.8 PB |
DNF | Klaas Lok |
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Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Steve Ovett |
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3: 42.94 |
2 | Jürgen Straub |
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3: 43.1 |
3 | Rolf Gysin |
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3: 43.2 |
4th | Marc Nevens |
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3: 43.2 SB |
5 | Ray Flynn |
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3: 44.1 SB |
6th | Dietmar Millonig |
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3: 44.8 SB |
7th | Vladimir Scheronov |
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3: 45.1 |
8th | Günther Hasler |
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3: 46.7 SB |
9 | Philippe Dien |
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3: 47.4 SB |
10 | Bjorn Nilsson |
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3: 47.9 |
11 | Jón Didriksson |
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3: 48.1 SB |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Antti Loikkanen |
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3: 49.66 |
2 | John Robson |
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3: 40.0 |
3 | Francis Gonzalez |
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3: 40.4 |
4th | Jozef Plachý |
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3: 40.6 SB |
5 | Pierre Délèze |
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3: 40.7 SB |
6th | Günther Ruth |
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3: 41.4 |
7th | Lars Ericsson |
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3: 42.5 |
8th | Valery Toropov |
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3: 45.1 SB |
9 | Sermet Timurlenk |
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3: 45.8 SB |
10 | Fotios Kourtis |
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3: 45.9 |
DNF | Karl Fleschen |
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/SteveOvett-2.jpg/180px-SteveOvett-2.jpg)
champion over 800 meters - he was one of the best middle distance athletes of his time, later, among other things, Olympic champion in 1980 and world record holder
final
September 3, 1978, 6:40 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Steve Ovett |
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3: 35.59 CR |
2 | Eamonn Coghlan |
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3: 36.70 SB |
3 | David Moorcroft |
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3: 36.75 SB |
4th | Thomas Wessinghage |
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3: 37.19 SB |
5 | Antti Loikkanen |
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3: 37.54 SB |
6th | José Marajo |
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3: 38.20 SB |
7th | Jürgen Straub |
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3: 38.88 SB |
8th | John Robson |
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3: 39.6 SB |
9 | Olaf Beyer |
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3: 39.7 SB |
10 | Francis Gonzalez |
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3: 40.1 SB |
11 | Rolf Gysin |
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3: 41.0 SB |
12 | Jozef Plachý |
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3: 42.2 |
Vice European Champion Eamonn Coghlan - in 1983 he became the first world champion over 5000 meters
Jürgen Straub came in seventh place - in 1980 he won the Olympic silver medal
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed July 28, 2019
- Men 1500m European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed July 28, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 28, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 1500m European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 428 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on July 28, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on July 28, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on July 28, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500m men , accessed July 28, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Men , p. 12 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on July 28, 2019