European Athletics Championships 1978/4 × 400 m men
| 12th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay of men |
| city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic 
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| Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
| Attendees | 12 relays with 48 athletes |
| Competition phase | September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
 BR Germany
|
 silver |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
 bronze |
Czechoslovakia
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The 4 x 400 meters relay men in the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on 2 and 3 September 1978 Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
The Federal Republic of Germany became European champions with the line-up of Martin Weppler , Franz-Peter Hofmeister , Bernd Herrmann and Harald Schmid . Second place went to Poland with Jerzy Włodarczyk , Zbigniew Jaremski , Cezary Łapiński and Ryszard Podlas . Bronze went to Czechoslovakia (Josef Lomický, František Brečka, Miroslav Tulis, Karel Kolář ).
Records
Existing records
| World record | 2: 56.16 min |
 USA ( Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans ) |
OS Mexico City , Mexico | 20th October 1968 |
| European record | 3: 00.46 min |
 Great Britain ( Martin Reynolds , Alan Pascoe , David Hemery , David Jenkins ) |
OS Munich , Federal Republic of Germany (today Germany ) | September 10, 1972 |
| EM record | 3: 02.30 min |
Poland ( Jan Werner , Edmund Borowski, Stanisław Grędziński , Andrzej Badeński ) |
EM Athens , Greece | September 10, 1969 |
Record improvement
The European championship relay from the Federal Republic of Germany improved the existing EM record with the line-up of Martin Weppler , Franz-Peter Hofmeister , Bernd Herrmann and Harald Schmid in the final on September 3rd by 27 hundredths of a second to 3: 02.03 min.
Preliminary round
September 2, 1978, 6:45 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three relays per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two second fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Poland
|
Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas |
3: 06.45 |
| 2 |
 Switzerland
|
Rolf Strittmatter Peter Haas Konstantin Vogt Rolf Gisler |
3: 06.6 |
| 3 |
Czechoslovakia
|
Miroslav Tulis Josef Lomický František Brečka Karel Kolář |
3: 07.1 |
| 4th |
 Netherlands
|
Raymond Heerenveen Koen Gijsbers Marcel Klarenbeek Harry Schulting |
3: 07.6 SB |
| 5 |
 Belgium
|
Eddy De Leeuw Jacques Borlée Henri Hermans Rijk Van den Berghe |
3: 08.9 SB |
| 6th |
Great Britain
|
Terry Whitehead Glen Cohen David Jenkins Richard Ashton |
3: 39.9 SB |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BR Germany
|
Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid |
3: 05.97 |
| 2 |
 Italy
|
Roberto Tozzi Daniele Zanini Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea |
3: 06.5 SB |
| 3 |
 France
|
Maurice Volmar Gerard Boutier Hector Llatser Francis Demarthon |
3: 06.6 |
| 4th |
 GDR
|
Frank Richter Günter Arnold Andreas Busse Jürgen Pfennig |
3: 06.8 |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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Rok Kopitar Dragan Zivotic Milovan Savic Željko Knapić |
3: 07.1 |
| DNF |
 Finland
|
Heikki Hämäläinen Markku Kukkoaho Antti Rajamäki Markku Taskinen |
final
September 3, 1978, 6:55 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BR Germany
|
Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid |
3: 02.03 CR |
| 2 |
Poland
|
Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas |
3: 03.62 SB |
| 3 |
Czechoslovakia
|
Josef Lomický František Brečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář |
3: 03.99 SB |
| 4th |
Switzerland
|
Rolf Strittmatter Peter Haas Konstantin Vogt Rolf Gisler |
3: 04.29 SB |
| 5 |
GDR
|
Frank Richter Günter Arnold Andreas Busse Jürgen Pfennig |
3: 04.39 SB |
| 6th |
France
|
Maurice Volmar Gerard Boutier Hector Llatser Francis Demarthon |
3: 05.63 SB |
| 7th |
Italy
|
Roberto Tozzi Daniele Zanini Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea |
3: 06.7 |
| 8th |
Yugoslavia
|
Rok Kopitar Dragan Zivotic Milovan Savic Željko Knapić |
3: 06.9 SB |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 at european-athletics.org, accessed August 1, 2019
- Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed August 1, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed August 1, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x400m Relay European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 432 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 1, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 4 × 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 1, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on August 1, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on August 1, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 400 m on rfea.es, p. 35 (PDF, 271 kB). French / English, accessed on August 1, 2019