European Athletics Championships 1978/3000 m obstacle men

12th European Athletics Championships
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course for men
city	Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic
Stadion	Evžena Rošického Stadium
Attendees	32 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	September 1st (preliminary) September 3rd (final)
Medalist
gold	Bronisław Malinowski ( POL )
silver	Patriz Ilg ( FRG )
bronze	Ismo Toukonen ( FIN )

The stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague
in 2009

The 3000-meter steeplechase of the men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on 1 and 3 September 1978 Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.

The Polish defending champion and Olympic runner-up from 1976 Bronisław Malinowski became European champion . He won ahead of Patriz Ilg from the Federal Republic of Germany. Bronze went to Ismo Toukonen from Finland .

Existing records

World record	8: 05.4 min	Henry Rono	Seattle , USA	May 13, 1978
European record	8: 08.02 min	Gärderud is different	OS Munich , Federal Republic of Germany (today Germany )	July 28, 1976
EM record	8: 15.04 min	Bronislaw Malinowski	EM Rome , Italy	7th September 1974

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

September 1, 1978, 8:10 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8: 29.10 SB
2	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8: 29.5
3	Krzystof Wesolowski	Poland	8: 30.0
4th	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8: 31.94 SB
5	Manfred Schoeneberg	BR Germany	8: 34.2
6th	Dan Glans	Sweden	8: 34.5 SB
7th	Dan Betini	Romania	8: 34.9 SB
8th	Vladimir Filonov	Soviet Union	8: 39.0 SB
9	Paul Thys	Belgium	8: 43.8
10	Wolfgang Konrad	Austria	8: 34.9 SB

Forward 2

Hans Koeleman's eighth place in his preliminary run was not enough for participation in the final

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Paul Copu	Romania	8: 33.29
2	Michael Karst	BR Germany	8: 33.7
3	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8: 34.7 SB
4th	Serhiy Olisarenko	Soviet Union	8: 36.7
5	Roberto Volpi	Italy	8: 39.2 SB
6th	Dušan Moravčík	Czechoslovakia	8: 43.2 SB
7th	Kazimierz Maranda	Poland	8: 48.4 SB
8th	Bruno Lafranchi	Switzerland	8: 51.7
9	Christer Ström	Sweden	8: 53.8
10	Hans Koeleman	Netherlands	8: 59.6
11	Domingo Ramón	Spain	9: 07.8 SB

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8: 25.43
2	Bronislaw Malinowski	Poland	8: 25.58
3	Patriz Ilg	BR Germany	8: 30.4
4th	Vladimir Lisovsky	Soviet Union	8: 31.4 SB
5	Gerhard Wetzig	GDR	8: 36.1
6th	Jean-Luc Lemire	France	8: 38.0 SB
7th	José Antonio Campos	Spain	8: 38.2 SB
8th	Milan Slovak	Czechoslovakia	8: 41.4
9	Tapio cantans	Finland	8: 46.0 SB
10	John Davies	Great Britain	8: 57.4 SB
11	Jan hail fire	Sweden	9; 21.1 SB

final

Bronisław Malinowski defended his title confidently - in 1976 he had secured the Olympic silver medal

September 3, 1978, 5:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Bronislaw Malinowski	Poland	8: 15.08
2	Patriz Ilg	BR Germany	8: 16.92 SB
3	Ismo Toukonen	Finland	8: 18.29 PB
4th	Michael Karst	BR Germany	8: 19.01 SB
5	Paul Copu	Romania	8: 20.41 PB
6th	Vasile Bichea	Romania	8: 24.86 SB
7th	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	8: 38.0
8th	Manfred Schoeneberg	BR Germany	8: 40.1
9	Giuseppe Gerbi	Italy	8: 42.8
10	Dennis Coates	Great Britain	8: 44.0
11	Krzystof Wesolowski	Poland	8: 46.4
12	Vladimir Lisovsky	Soviet Union	9: 00.5

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 at european-athletics.org, accessed July 30, 2019
• Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed July 30, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 30, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 429 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on July 30, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on July 30, 2019
• 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on July 30, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on July 30, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 3000m Steeplechase Men , Spanish / English, p. 19 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on July 30, 2019