The men's marathon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 3 September 1978.
Medalists Gold Leonid Moseyev Silver Nikolay Penzin Bronze Karel Lismont
Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Leonid Moseyev 2:11:57.5 CR Nikolay Penzin 2:11:59.0 Karel Lismont 2:12:07.7 4 Waldemar Cierpinski 2:12:20.0 5 Cătălin Andreica 2:12:29.4 NR 6 Massimo Magnani 2:12:45.3 7 Hans-Joachim Truppel 2:12:54.3 8 Jürgen Eberding 2:13:39.7 9 David Cannon 2:14:31.7 10 Mihaíl Koúsis 2:14:41.3 11 Satymkul Dzhumanazarov 2:14:43.3 12 Göran Bengtsson 2:15:01.9 13 Tony Simmons 2:15:31.5 14 Ferenc Szekeres 2:15:45.0 15 Ryszard Marczak 2:15:47.8 16 Michelangelo Arena 2:16:09.2 17 Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer 2:16:37.6 18 Henri Schoofs 2:16:49.5 19 Josef Jánský 2:16:53.0 20 Reinhard Leibold 2:16:56.3 21 Jean-Marie Ancion 2:17:24.5 22 Ko van den Weyden 2:17:32.8 23 Bernard Bobes 2:17:48.0 24 Aarno Ristimäki 2:18:17.8 25 Colin Taylor 2:18:44.5 26 Antonio Romero 2:19:26.4 27 Patrick Hooper 2:20:28.5 28 Manuel Paiva 2:20:49.4 29 Richard Hooper 2:21:00.2 30 Cor Vriend 2:21:25.2 31 Henry Olsen 2:21:35.1 32 Sadık Salman 2:22:47.4 33 Jørn Lauenborg 2:23:14.8 34 Roelof Veld 2:23:38.3 35 András Fancsali 2:23:39.7 36 Veli Ballı 2:25:56.2 37 Kyriakos Lazaridis 2:32:16.9 Paolo Accaputo DNF Jörgen Hein DNF Lars Enqvist DNF Jan Fjærestad DNF Bjarne Brøndum DNF Miroslav Krsek DNF Ryszard Kopijasz DNF Håkan Spik DNF Aniceto Simões DNF Fernand Kolbeck DNF Øyvind Dahl DNF Jochen Schirmer DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
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