European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 100 m women
| 12th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
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| discipline | 4 × 100 m relay of women |
| city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic 
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| Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
| Participants | 10 relays with 40 athletes |
| Competition phase | September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
| Medalists | |
 gold |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
 silver |
 Great Britain
|
 bronze |
 GDR
|
The 4-by-100-meter relay team of women at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on 2 and 3 September 1978 Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
The Soviet Union became European champions in the line-up of Wera Anissimowa , Lyudmila Maslakowa , Lyudmila Kondratjewa and Lyudmila Storoschkowa . Second place went to Great Britain with Beverley Goddard , Kathy Smallwood , Sharon Colyear and Sonia Lannaman . Bronze went to the GDR ( Johanna Klier , Monika Hamann , Carla Bodendorf , Marlies Göhr ).
Existing records
| World record | 42.27 s |
GDR ( Johanna Klier , Monika Hamann , Carla Bodendorf , Marlies Göhr ) |
Potsdam , GDR (now Germany ) |
19th August 1978 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 42.51 s |
GDR ( Doris Maletzki , Renate Stecher , Christina Heinich , Bärbel Eckert ) |
EM Rome , Italy | September 8, 1974 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
September 2, 1978, 5:40 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GDR
|
Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr |
43.05 |
| 2 |
 France
|
Véronique Grandrieux Annie Alize Chantal Réga Raimonde Naigré |
43.78 SB |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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Sofka Popowa Liljana Iwankowa Zdrawka Schipokliewa Iwanka Walkowa |
43.97 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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Grażyna Rabsztyn Zofia Bielczyk Jolanta Stalmach Irena Szewińska |
44.20 |
| 5 |
 Italy
|
Adriana Carli Paola Bolognesi Marisa Masullo Laura Miano |
44.95 SB |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
|
Vera Anissimowa Lyudmila Maslakowa Lyudmila Kondratjewa Lyudmila Storoschkowa |
43.35 |
| 2 |
Great Britain
|
Beverley Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman |
43.90 |
| 3 |
 Sweden
|
Linda Haglund Helena Pihl Jeanette Rangeby Lena Möller |
44.31 SB |
| 4th |
 BR Germany
|
Elvira Possekel Dagmar Schenten Claudia Steger Petra Sharp |
44.59 |
| 5 |
Czechoslovakia
|
Daniela Drinková Dana Široká Zdena Holanová Ludmila Jimramovská |
45.03 SB |
final
September 3, 1978, 5:25 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
|
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 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 11, 2019
- Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed August 11, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 11, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 435 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 11, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 4 × 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on August 11, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on August 11, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed August 11, 2019