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Europe Continental championships · since 1934

1978 European Champs

Prague, Czech Republic 29 Aug – 3 Sep 1978

events: 40
medals awarded: 120
nations on the podium: 19
world records: 3

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind 0.0

1

Pietro Mennea CR In heats: 10.19 (0.0) CR* 10.27

2

Eugen Ray 10.36

3

Vladimir Ignatenko 10.37

Sprints

200m

wind -0.2

1

Pietro Mennea CR 20.16

2

Olaf Prenzler 20.61

3

Peter Muster 20.64

Sprints

400m

1

Franz-Peter Hofmeister Competed under FRG (West Germany) 45.73

2

Karel Kolar Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) NR 45.77

3

Francis Demarthon 45.97

Middle & long

800m

1

Olaf Beyer CR 1:43.8

2

Steve Ovett 1:44.1

3

Sebastian Coe 1:44.8

Middle & long

1500m

1

Steve Ovett CR 3:35.6

2

Eamonn Coghlan 3:36.6

3

David Moorcroft 3:36.7

Middle & long

5000m

1

Venanzio Ortis 13:28.5

2

Aleksandr Fedotkin 13:28.6 =

2

Markus Ryffel 13:28.6 =

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Martti Vainio CRNR 27:30.99

2

Venanzio Ortis 27:31.5

3

Aleksandras Antipovas NR 27:31.5

Road

Marathon

1

Leonid Moseyev CR 2:11:57

2

Nikolay Penzin 2:11:59

3

Karel Lismont 2:12:07

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Bronislaw Malinowski 8:15.1

2

Patriz Ilg Competed under FRG (West Germany) 8:16.9

3

Ismo Toukonen 8:18.3

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind -0.5

1

Thomas Munkelt 13.54

2

Jan Pusty 13.55

3

Arto Bryggare 13.56

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Harald Schmid Competed under FRG (West Germany) CR 48.51

2

Dmitriy Stukalov 49.72

3

Vasiliy Arkhipenko 49.77

Jumps

High jump

1

Vladimir Yashchenko CR 2.30

2

Aleksandr Grigoryev 2.28

3

Rolf Beilschmidt 2.28

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Vladimir Trofimenko CR 5.55

2

Antti Kalliomaki 5.50

3

Rauli Pudas 5.45

Jumps

Long jump

1

Jacques Rousseau CR 8.18 +0.4

2

Nenad Stekic 8.12 +0.4

3

Vladimir Tsepelyev 8.01 +0.8

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Milos Srejovic 16.94 0.0

2

Viktor Saneyev 16.93 +0.9

3

Anatoliy Piskulin 16.87 +0.4

Throws

Shot put

1

Udo Beyer CR 21.08

DQ

Soviet Union

Yevgeniy Mironov

20.87

2

Aleksandr Baryshnikov 20.68

3

Wolfgang Schmidt 20.30

Throws

Discus throw

1

Wolfgang Schmidt CR in qualies: 67.20 CR* 66.82

2

Markku Tuokko 64.90

3

Imrich Bugar Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 64.66

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Yuriy Sedykh CR 77.28

2

Roland Steuk CR in qualies: 75.30 CR* 77.24

3

Karl-Hans Riehm Competed under FRG (West Germany) 77.02

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Michael Wessing Competed under FRG (West Germany) 89.12

2

Nikolay Grebnyev 87.82

3

Wolfgang Hanisch 87.66

Race walks

20 km race walk

1

Roland Wieser CR 1:23:12

2

Pyotr Pochenchuk 1:23:43

3

Anatoliy Solomin 1:24:12

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Jorge Llopart CR 3:53:30

2

Veniamin Soldatenko 3:55:13

3

Jan Ornoch 3:55:16

Combined

Decathlon

1

Aleksandr Grebenyuk Updated for 1984 table: 8337 pts CR 8340

2

Daley Thompson Updated for 1984 table: 8257 pts 8289

3

Siegfried Stark Updated for 1984 table: 8224 pts 8208

Relays

4x100m

1

Poland

Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin

CR 38.58

2

Germany DR (1949-89)

Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme

38.78

3

Soviet Union

Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko

38.82

Relays

4x400m

1

Germany

Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid

CR 3:02.03

2

Poland

Jerzy Wlodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cesary Lapinski Ryszard Podlas

3:03.62

3

Czech Republic

Josef Lomicky Frantisek Brecka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolar

3:03.99

Medal table

19 nations · 120 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	12	12	10	34
2	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	12	10	11	33
3	Germany GER	4	2	2	8
4	Italy ITA	4	1	0	5
5	Poland POL	2	2	3	7
6	Great Britain & NI GBR	1	4	2	7
7	Finland FIN	1	2	3	6
8	Yugoslavia SR JUG	1	1	0	2
9	France FRA	1	0	1	2
10	Spain ESP	1	0	0	1
11	Hungary HUN	1	0	0	1
12	Czech Republic CZE	0	2	3	5
13	Romania ROU	0	2	0	2
14	Switzerland SUI	0	1	1	2
15	Ireland IRL	0	1	0	1
16	Sweden SWE	0	1	0	1
17	Belgium BEL	0	0	1	1
18	Bulgaria BUL	0	0	1	1
19	Norway NOR	0	0	1	1

Records set

3 WR · 27 CR · 1 AR

WR Marita Koch 400m · Women 48.94
WR Tatyana Zelentsova 400m hurdles · Women 54.89
WR Sara Simeoni High jump · Women 2.01
CR* Pietro Mennea 100m · Men 10.27
CR Pietro Mennea 200m · Men 20.16
CR Olaf Beyer 800m · Men 1:43.8
CR Steve Ovett 1500m · Men 3:35.6
CR Martti Vainio 10,000m · Men 27:30.99
CR Leonid Moseyev Marathon · Men 2:11:57
CR Harald Schmid 400m hurdles · Men 48.51
CR Vladimir Yashchenko High jump · Men 2.30
CR Vladimir Trofimenko Pole vault · Men 5.55
CR Jacques Rousseau Long jump · Men 8.18
CR Udo Beyer Shot put · Men 21.08
CR* Wolfgang Schmidt Discus throw · Men 66.82
CR Yuriy Sedykh Hammer throw · Men 77.28
CR* Roland Steuk Hammer throw · Men 77.24
CR Roland Wieser 20 km race walk · Men 1:23:12
CR Jorge Llopart 50 km race walk · Men 3:53:30
CR Aleksandr Grebenyuk Decathlon · Men 8340
CR Poland 4x100m · Men 38.58
CR Germany 4x400m · Men 3:02.03
CR= Marlies Göhr 100m · Women 11.13
CR= Tatyana Providokhina 800m · Women 1:55.8
CR= Nadezhda Olizarenko 800m · Women 1:55.8
CR Giana Romanova 1500m · Women 3:59.0
CR Svetlana Ulmasova 3000m · Women 8:33.2
CR Ilona Slupianek Shot put · Women 21.41
CR Ruth Fuchs Javelin throw · Women 69.16
AR Ruth Fuchs Javelin throw · Women 69.16
CR Germany DR (1949-89) 4x400m · Women 3:21.20