1978 European Athletics Championships
12th European Athletics Championships | |
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The logo of the 1978 European Athletics Championships
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Host city | Praha, Czechoslovakia |
Date(s) | 29 August – 3 September 1978 |
Main stadium | Stadion Evžena Rošického |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Participation | 1004 athletes from 29 nations |
Events | 40 |
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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
There were a number of disqualifications because of infringements of IAAF doping rules resulting in ineligibility of 18 month concerning shot putter Yevgeniy Mironov, javelin thrower Vasiliy Yershov, pentathletes Nadezhda Tkachenko and Yekaterina Gordiyenko, all competing for the Soviet Union, as well as shot putter Elena Stoyanova from Bulgaria.[9]
Contents
Men's results
Complete results were published.[10]
Track
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
Field
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
†: In shot put, Yevgeniy Mironov from the Soviet Union ranked initially 2nd (20.87m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[9]
Women's results
Track
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
Field
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Sara Simeoni Italy |
2.01 | Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany |
1.99 | Brigitte Holzapfel West Germany |
1.95 |
Long jump |
Vilma Bardauskienė Soviet Union |
6.88 | Angela Voigt East Germany |
6.79 | Jarmila Nygrýnová Czechoslovakia |
6.69 |
Shot put |
Ilona Slupianek East Germany |
21.41 | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia |
20.86 | Margitta Droese East Germany |
20.58 |
Discus throw |
Evelin Jahl East Germany |
66.98 | Margitta Droese East Germany |
64.04 | Natalya Gorbachova Soviet Union |
63.58 |
Javelin throw |
Ruth Fuchs East Germany |
69.16 | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain |
62.40 | Ute Hommola East Germany |
62.32 |
‡Pentathlon |
Margit Papp Hungary |
4655 | Burglinde Pollak East Germany |
4600 | Kristine Nitzsche East Germany |
4599 |
‡: In pentathlon, Nadezhda Tkachenko from the Soviet Union ranked initially 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[9]
Medals table
Host nation (Czechoslovakia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
2 | East Germany | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
3 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
5 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | 23x15px Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
13 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
19 | Total | 40 | 41 | 39 | 120 |
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.[11] The significantly higher official number might include coaches and/or officials.
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