1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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| 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]Final
[edit]3 September
Heats
[edit]2 September
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova |
3:24.2 | CR Q |
| 2 |  Great Britain |
Karen Williams Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Murray |
3:29.0 | Q |
| 3 |  Hungary |
Eva Mohacsi Rozalia Halmosi Irén Orosz Ilona Pál |
3:30.7 | Q |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia |
Eva Ráková Jindřiška Kubečková Jozefína Čerchlanová Jarmila Kratochvílová |
3:31.2 | Q |
| 5 |  France |
Catherine Delachanal Martine Jacquemin Danièle Lairloup Patricia Darbonville |
3:33.8 | |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
Tilly Verhoef Truus van Amstel Coby Körmeling Wilma Hillen |
3:34.7 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany |
Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch |
3:27.7 | Q |
| 2 |  West Germany |
Elke Decker Elke Barth Gaby Bussmann Silvia Hollmann |
3:30.9 | Q |
| 3 |  Poland |
Małgorzata Gajewska Genowefa Błaszak Krystyna Kacperczyk Irena Szewińska |
3:31.2 | Q |
| 4 |  Romania |
Maria Samungi Doina Badescu Mariana Suman Elena Tărîță |
3:31.8 | Q |
| 5 |  Finland |
Yvonne Hannus Barbro Lindström Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Häggman |
3:32.2 | |
| 6 |  Belgium |
Anne Michel Rosine Wallez Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Lea Alaerts |
3:33.4 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (4)
Czechoslovakia (4)
East Germany (4)
Finland (4)
France (4)
Hungary (4)
Netherlands (4)
Poland (4)
Romania (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Great Britain (4)
West Germany (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2019, retrieved 13 August 2014
