European Athletics Championships 1978/400 m hurdles men
12th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic |
Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
Attendees | 27 athletes from 16 countries |
Competition phase | August 29th (preliminary) August 30th (semi-finals) September 1st (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Harald Schmid ( FRG ) |
silver | Dimitri Stukalow ( URS ) |
bronze | Wassyl Archypenko ( URS ) |
The 400-meter hurdles of the men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was from August 29 to September 1, 1978 in the stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
With silver and bronze, the runners from the Soviet Union won two medals in this competition. European champion was Harald Schmid from the Federal Republic of Germany. He won ahead of Dimitri Stukalow . Third place went to Wassyl Archypenko .
Records
Existing records
World record | 47.45 s | Edwin Moses | Los Angeles , USA | June 11, 1977 |
European record | 48.12 s | David Hemery | OS Mexico City , Mexico | 15th October 1968 |
Championship record | 48.82 s | Alan Pascoe | EM Rome , Italy | 4th September 1974 |
Record improvement
European champion Harald Schmid improved the existing EM record in the final on September 1st by 31 hundredths of a second to 48.51 s.
Preliminary round
August 29, 1978
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Dimitri Stukalov | Soviet Union | 50.35 |
2 | Harry Schulting | Netherlands | 50.39 |
3 | Peter Haas | Switzerland | 50.45 SB |
4th | José Carvalho | Portugal | 51.02 SB |
5 | Christer Gullstrand | Sweden | 51.03 |
6th | Gary Oakes | Great Britain | 52.08 SB |
7th | Felix Rummele | Austria | 52.13 SB |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Thomas the Lion | BR Germany | 50.34 |
2 | Janko Bratanow | Bulgaria | 50.45 SB |
3 | Horia Toboc | Romania | 50.75 |
4th | Oleg Bulatkin | Soviet Union | 50.90 |
5 | Claude Anicet | France | 51.68 |
6th | Miroslav Kodejs | Czechoslovakia | 51.98 SB |
7th | Bill Hartley | Great Britain | 52.15 SB |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Harald Schmid | BR Germany | 49.78 |
2 | Rok Kopitar | Yugoslavia | 50.43 |
3 | Georgios Parris | Greece | 50.45 SB |
4th | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 50.49 |
5 | Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 50.95 SB |
6th | Ladislav Karsky | Czechoslovakia | 51.38 SB |
7th | Lars Nilsen | Denmark | 51.48 SB |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Wassyl Archypenko | Soviet Union | 50.15 |
2 | José Alonso | Spain | 50.27 |
3 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 50.49 SB |
4th | Axel Salander | BR Germany | 50.55 SB |
5 | Franz Meier | Switzerland | 50.66 |
6th | Lars-Åke Welander | Sweden | 50.72 SB |
Semifinals
August 30, 1978
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Harald Schmid | BR Germany | 50.07 |
2 | José Alonso | Spain | 50.32 |
3 | Horia Toboc | Romania | 50.42 |
4th | Dimitri Stukalov | Soviet Union | 50.51 |
5 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 50.83 |
6th | Peter Haas | Switzerland | 51.29 |
7th | Axel Salander | BR Germany | 51.63 |
8th | Janko Bratanow | Bulgaria | 52.39 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wassyl Archypenko | Soviet Union | 49.92 |
2 | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 49.98 |
3 | Franz Meier | Switzerland | 50.12 |
4th | Harry Schulting | Netherlands | 50.22 |
5 | Georgios Parris | Greece | 50.66 |
6th | Rok Kopitar | Yugoslavia | 50.98 |
7th | Lars-Åke Welander | Sweden | 50.99 |
8th | Thomas the Lion | BR Germany | 51.96 |
final
September 1, 1978
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Harald Schmid | BR Germany | 48.51 CR |
2 | Dimitri Stukalov | Soviet Union | 49.72 SB |
3 | Wassyl Archypenko | Soviet Union | 49.77 SB |
4th | Franz Meier | Switzerland | 49.77 SB |
5 | Harry Schulting | Netherlands | 50.07 SB |
6th | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 50.10 |
7th | José Alonso | Spain | 50.19 SB |
8th | Horia Toboc | Romania | 50.46 |
Harald Schmid won his first major international title - he was European champion twice over this distance, he also won silver and bronze at world championships and an Olympic bronze medal in 1984 , as well as numerous relay victories and medals
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 at european-athletics.org, accessed July 30, 2019
- 1978 European Championship Prague, Men 400m Hurdles 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 400m Hurdles European Championship 1974 Rome, p. 428, Spanish / English (PDF, 13,363 kB) on european-athletics.org, accessed on July 30, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 400 m hurdles 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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed June 30, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on July 30, 2019