European Athletics Championships 1978 / men's javelin
12th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's javelin throw |
city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic |
Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
Attendees | 23 athletes from 12 countries |
Competition phase | August 29th (qualification) August 30th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Michael Wessing ( FRG ) |
silver | Nikolai Grebnew ( URS ) |
bronze | Wolfgang Hanisch ( GDR ) |
The javelin men in the 1978 European Athletics Championships on 29 and 30 August 1978 at the Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
The German thrower Michael Wessing became European champion . He won ahead of Nikolai Grebnew from the USSR. Bronze went to the vice European champion from 1974 and EM third from 1971 Wolfgang Hanisch , GDR.
Existing records
World record | 94.58 m | Miklós Németh | Montreal OS , Canada | July 25, 1976 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 91.52 m | Jānis Lūsis | EM Athens , Greece | 19th September 1969 |
The European Championship record, which has existed since 1969, was neither set nor improved at these European championships.
doping
There was a doping case in this competition. The Soviet pitcher Wassili Jerschow , who originally came in fifth, was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations and suspended for eighteen months. The athletes who were initially placed behind him in the final moved up one rank each.
qualification
23 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 80.00 m. Thirteen athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue) and competed in the final on the following day. Another thrower who had achieved a distance of more than eighty meters also took part in the final, but was subsequently disqualified for doping abuse.
Group A
August 29, 1978, 6:42 pm
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | Best width (m) |
1 | Antero puranes | Finland | 84.42 | - | - | 84.42 SB |
2 | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 83.48 | - | - | 83.48 |
3 | Pentti Sinersaari | Finland | 82.46 | - | - | 82.46 SB |
4th | Michael Wessing | BR Germany | 81.84 | - | - | 81.84 |
5 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 80.48 | - | - | 80.48 |
6th | Piotr Bielczyk | Poland | 77.32 | 80.06 | - | 80.06 |
7th | Kenth Eldebrink | Sweden | 74.82 | 78.60 | 76.24 | 78.60 SB |
8th | Bjorn Grimnes | Norway | 78.58 | 74.26 | 75.32 | 78.58 |
9 | Peter Yates | Great Britain | 70.82 | 75.82 | 74.50 | 75.82 SB |
10 | Tomáš Babiak | Czechoslovakia | x | 75.20 | x | 75.20 SB |
11 | Vincenzo Marchetti | Italy | x | 71.80 | 68.54 | 71.80 SB |
DNS | Angel Grigorov | Bulgaria | ||||
DOP | Vasily Yershov | Soviet Union | admitted to the finals |
Group B
August 29, 1978, 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | Best width (m) |
1 | Ferenc Paragi | Hungary | 78.70 | 75.76 | 86.04 | 86.04 SB |
2 | Nikolai Grebnew | Soviet Union | 85.18 | - | - | 85.18 |
3 | Helmut Schreiber | BR Germany | 85.16 | - | - | 85.16 SB |
4th | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 84.50 | - | - | 84.50 |
5 | Sándor Boros | Hungary | x | 74.20 | 83.22 | 83.22 |
6th | Seppo Hovinen | Finland | 80.94 | - | - | 80.94 SB |
7th | Terje Thorslund | Norway | 80.22 | - | - | 80.22 |
8th | Josef Hanák | Czechoslovakia | 78.56 | x | x | 78.56 SB |
9 | Raimo Pihl | Sweden | 76.14 | 76.48 | 78.42 | 78.42 |
10 | Per-Eric Smiding | Sweden | 73.54 | 76.28 | 76.36 | 76.36 |
11 | Tudorel Pirvu | Romania | 75.14 | 73.38 | x | 75.14 SB |
DNS | Stefan Stoikow | Bulgaria |
final
August 30, 1978, 7:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | 4th attempt (m) | 5th attempt (m) | 6th attempt (m) | Best width (m) |
1 | Michael Wessing | BR Germany | 82.94 | x | 72.08 | 89.12 | 85.74 | 83.66 | 89.12 |
2 | Nikolai Grebnew | Soviet Union | 82.80 | 80.02 | 83.26 | 87.82 | 78.34 | 79.42 | 87.82 |
3 | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 83.58 | x | 87.66 | 82.84 | 80.90 | 86.92 | 87.66 |
4th | Detlef Michel | GDR | 85.46 | 73.74 | 79.86 | 78.10 | x | 81.36 | 85.46 SB |
5 | Helmut Schreiber | BR Germany | 76.66 | 71.84 | 82.84 | 77.88 | 82.48 | 83.58 | 83.58 |
6th | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 81.16 | x | x | 83.58 | x | x | 83.58 SB |
7th | Piotr Bielczyk | Poland | 71.80 | x | 81.80 | 77.22 | x | x | 81.80 SB |
8th | Terje Thorslund | Norway | 80.20 | 80.42 | 78.42 | not in the final of the initially best eight throwers - after Jerschow's later doping-related disqualification, only the best seven participants were counted in the final fight |
80.42 SB | ||
9 | Ferenc Paragi | Hungary | 79.08 | x | 76.20 | 79.08 | |||
10 | Sándor Boros | Hungary | 74.70 | 78.78 | x | 78.78 | |||
11 | Pentti Sinersaari | Finland | x | 77.10 | 71.12 | 77.10 | |||
12 | Seppo Hovinen | Finland | x | 71.48 | 73.08 | 73.08 | |||
13 | Antero puranes | Finland | 68.64 | 70.48 | 72.74 | 72.74 | |||
DOP | Vasily Yershov | Soviet Union |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 at european-athletics.org, accessed August 6, 2019
- 1978 European Championship Prague, Men Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed August 6, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed August 6, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Javelin Throw European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 430 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 6, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 6, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on August 6, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin Men , Retrieved August 6, 2019