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 
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| Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
| Participants | 12 relays with 48 athletes |
| Competition phase | September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
| Medalists | |
 gold |
 GDR
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 silver |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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 bronze |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
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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
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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