European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 400 m women
12th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | 4 × 100 m relay of women |
city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic |
Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
Participants | 12 relays with 48 athletes |
Competition phase | September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
Medalists | |
gold | GDR |
silver | Soviet Union |
bronze | Poland |
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 GDR became European champions with the cast of Christiane Marquardt , Barbara Krug , Christina Brehmer and Marita Koch . Second place went to the USSR with Tetiana Prorotschenko , Nadezhda Muschta , Tatiana Prowidochina and Marija Kultschunowa . Bronze went to Poland ( Małgorzata Gajewska , Krystyna Kacperczyk , Genowefa Błaszak , Irena Szewińska ).
Records
Existing records
World record | 3: 19.23 min |
GDR ( Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer ) |
Montreal OS , Canada | July 31, 1976 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 3: 25.21 min |
GDR ( Brigitte Rohde , Waltraud Dietsch , Angelika Handt and Ellen Streidt ) |
EM Rome , Italy | September 8, 1974 |
Record improvement
The winning season of the GDR ( Christiane Marquardt , Barbara Krug , Christina Brehmer , Marita Koch ) improved the existing championship record in the final on September 3rd by 4.01 seconds to 3: 21.20 minutes.
Preliminary round
September 1, 1978, 8:00 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 (min) |
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1 | Soviet Union |
Tetiana Prorotschenko Nadezhda Muschta Tatiana Prowidochina Marija Kultschunowa |
3: 24.2 |
2 | Great Britain |
Karen Williams Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Hartley |
3: 29.0 |
3 | Hungary |
Eva Mohacsi Rozalia Halmosi Iren Orosz Ilona Pal |
3: 30.7 SB |
4th | Czechoslovakia |
Eva Rakova Jindriska Kubeckova Jozefina Cerchlanova Jarmila Kratochvílová |
3: 31.2 |
5 | France |
Catherine Delachanal Martine Jacquemin Daniele Lairloup Patricia Darbonville |
3: 33.8 SB |
6th | Netherlands |
Tilly Verhoef Truus van Amstel Coby Kormeling Wilma Hillen |
3: 34.7 SB |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR |
Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch |
3: 27.7 |
2 | BR Germany |
Elke Decker Elke Barth Gaby Bußmann Silvia Hollmann |
3: 30.9 |
3 | Poland |
Małgorzata Gajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska |
3: 31.2 |
4th | Romania |
Maria Samungi Doina Badescu Marianna Suman Eleonora Tarita |
3: 31.8 |
5 | Finland |
Yvonne Hannus Barbro Lindström Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Häggman |
3: 32.2 SB |
6th | Belgium |
Anne Michel Rosine Wallez Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Lea Alaerts |
3: 33.4 SB |
final
September 3, 1978, 6:25 p.m.
space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR |
Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch |
3: 21.20 CR |
2 | Soviet Union |
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 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 11, 2019
- Women 4x400m 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 4x400m 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 × 400 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 × 400 m , accessed on August 11, 2019