The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
There were a number of disqualifications because of infringements of IAAF doping rules resulting in 18-month bans for shot putter Yevgeniy Mironov, javelin thrower Vasiliy Yershov, and pentathletes Nadiya Tkachenko and Yekaterina Gordiyenko, all competing for the Soviet Union, as well as shot putter Elena Stoyanova from Bulgaria.
Men's results Complete results were published.
Track 1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 | Pietro Mennea10.27Eugen Ray 10.36Vladimir Ignatenko10.37Pietro Mennea20.16 Olaf Prenzler20.61Peter Muster20.64Franz-Peter Hofmeister45.73Karel Kolář 45.77Francis Demarthon45.97Olaf Beyer1:43.84 Steve Ovett1:44.09Sebastian Coe1:44.76Steve Ovett3:35.59 Eamonn Coghlan3:36.57David Moorcroft3:36.70Venanzio Ortis13:28.57Markus RyffelAleksandr Fedotkin13:28.66Martti Vainio27:30.99 , NRVenanzio Ortis27:31.48Aleksandras Antipovas27:31.50Leonid Moseyev2:11:57.5 Nikolay Penzin2:11:59.0Karel Lismont2:12:07.7Thomas Munkelt13.54Jan Pusty13.55Arto Bryggare13.56Harald Schmid48.51 Dmitriy Stukalov49.72Vasyl Arkhypenko49.77Bronislaw Malinowski8:15.08Patriz Ilg8:16.92Ismo Toukonen8:18.29Roland Wieser1:23:11.5 Pyotr Pochynchuk1:23:43.0Anatoliy Solomin1:24:11.5Jorge Llopart3:53:29.9 Veniamin Soldatenko3:55:12.1Jan Ornoch3:55:15.9Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin 38.58 Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme 38.78Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko 38.82Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid 3:02.03 Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas 3:03.62Josef Lomický František Brečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář 3:04.99 Pietro Mennea ran 10.19 in the heats, which was a new championship record.
Field 1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 | Vladimir Yashchenko2.30 m Aleksandr Grigoryev2.28 mRolf Beilschmidt2.28 mVladimir Trofimenko5.55 m Antti Kalliomäki5.50 mRauli Pudas5.45 mJacques Rousseau8.18 m Nenad Stekić8.12 mVladimir Tsepelyov8.01 mMiloš Srejović16.94 mViktor Saneyev16.93 mAnatoliy Piskulin16.87 m†Udo Beyer21.08 m =Aleksandr Baryshnikov20.68 mWolfgang Schmidt20.30 mWolfgang Schmidt66.82 m Markku Tuokko64.90 mImrich Bugár64.66 mYuriy Sedykh77.28 m Roland Steuk77.24 mKarl-Hans Riehm77.02 mMichael Wessing89.12 mNikolay Grebniev87.82 mWolfgang Hanisch87.66 mAleksandr Grebenyuk8340 pts Daley Thompson8289 ptsSiegfried Stark8208 pts †: In shot put, Yevgeniy Mironov initially finished second (20.87m), but was disqualified for an infringement of IAAF doping rules.
Women's results
Track 1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 | Marlies Göhr11.13 =Linda Haglund11.29Lyudmila Maslakova11.31Lyudmila Kondratyeva22.52Marlies Göhr22.53Carla Bodendorf22.64Marita Koch48.94 Christina Brehmer50.38Irena Szewińska50.40Tatyana Providokhina1:55.80 Nadezhda Mushta1:55.82Zoya Rigel1:56.57Giana Romanova3:59.01 Natalia Mărășescu3:59.77Totka Petrova4:00.15Svetlana Ulmasova8:33.16 Natalia Mărășescu8:33.53Grete Waitz8:34.33Johanna Klier12.62Tatyana Anisimova12.67Gudrun Berend12.73Tatyana Zelentsova54.89Silvia Hollmann55.14Karin Roßley55.36Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Storozhkova 42.54Beverley Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman 42.72Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr 43.07Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch 3:21.20 Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova3:22.53Małgorzata Grajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska3:26.76 Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland), who was disqualified in the final, ran a championship record of 12.60 in the semifinal.
Field 1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 | Sara Simeoni2.01 m WR= – Rosemarie Ackermann1.99 mBrigitte Holzapfel1.95 m Vilma Bardauskienė6.88 mAngela Voigt6.79 mJarmila Nygrýnová6.69 mIlona Slupianek21.41 m Helena Fibingerová20.86 mMargitta Droese20.58 mEvelin Jahl66.98 mMargitta Droese64.04 mNatalya Gorbachova63.58 mRuth Fuchs69.16 m Tessa Sanderson62.40 mUte Hommola62.32 m‡Margit Papp4655 ptsBurglinde Pollak4600 ptsKristine Nitzsche4599 pts ‡: In pentathlon, Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) initially finished 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for an infringement of IAAF doping rules. Vilma Bardauskienė broke the world record with a jump 7.09 metres in the qualification round.
Medal table
Participation According to an unofficial count, 847 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 157 athletes less than the official number of 1004, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published. The significantly higher official number might include coaches and/or officials.
(11) (31) (24) (1) (82) (10) (72) (33) (51) (1) (13) (25) (5) (9) (43) (2) (6) (25) (16) (46) (4) (24) (92) Spain (16) (31) (21) (5) (69) (64) (14)
References
External links The EAA Official Website