1978 in the sport of athletics
1978 in athletics | |
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In 1978, the foremost international competitions in the sport of athletics were the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 1978 European Athletics Championships.[1][2] High-profile athletics competitions were also held at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games and the 1978 Asian Games.[3][4][5]
Among the most prominent athletes that year was Kenya's Henry Rono who, in the space of 81 days, broke four world records: the 10,000 m (27:22.5), the 5000 m (13:08.4), the 3000 m steeplechase (8:05.4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1).[6][7] In the course of the season East German Marita Koch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and breaking the 400 m three times, concluding the run with a time of 48.94 to win the European title.[8]
Major events
[edit]World
[edit]- World Cross Country Championships
- 1978 World Military Track and Field Championships
- 1978 Commonwealth Games
Regional
[edit]- 1978 All-Africa Games
- 1978 Asian Games
- 1978 Balkan Athletics Championships
- 1978 CARIFTA Games
- 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1978 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
- 1978 European Athletics Championships
- 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships
- 1978 European Champion Clubs Cup
- 1978 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
- 1978 South American Youth Championships in Athletics
- 1978 Southern Cross Games
National
[edit]- 1978 Italian Athletics Championships
- 1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 1978 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
- 1978 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
- 1978 UK Athletics Championships
- 1978 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 1978 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet
Marathons
[edit]- 1978 Avon International Marathon
- 1978 Berlin Marathon
- 1978 Chicago Marathon
- 1978 New York City Marathon
World records
[edit]Men
[edit]Event | Performance | Athlete | Nation | Meeting | Place | Date |
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3000 m | 7:32.1 | Henry Rono | Kenya | Oslo | 1978-06-27 | |
5000 m | 13:08.4 | Henry Rono | Kenya | Berkeley | 1978-04-08 | |
10,000 m | 27:22.47 | Henry Rono | Kenya | Vienna | 1978-06-11 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:05.4 | Henry Rono | Kenya | Seattle | 1978-05-13 | |
High jump | 2.34 | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet Union | Tbilisi | 1978-06-16 | |
Pole vault | 5.71 | Mike Tully | United States | Corvallis | 1978-05-19 | |
Discus throw | 71.16 | Wolfgang Schmidt | East Germany | Berlin | 1978-08-09 | |
Hammer throw | 80.32 | Karl-Hans Riehm | West Germany | Heidenheim | 1978-08-06 | |
80.14 | Boris Zaitchouk | Soviet Union | Moscow | 1978-07-09 |
Women
[edit]Event | Performance | Athlete | Nation | Meeting | Place | Date |
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200 m | 22.06 | Marita Koch | East Germany | Erfurt | 1978-05-28 | |
400 m | 48.94 | Marita Koch | East Germany | 1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-31 |
49.03 | Marita Koch | East Germany | Potsdam | 1978-08-19 | ||
49.19 | Marita Koch | East Germany | Leipzig | 1978-07-02 | ||
100 m hurdles | 12.48 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | Fürth | 1978-06-10 | |
400 m hurdles | 54.89 | Tatyana Zelentsova | Soviet Union | 1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-09-02 |
4 × 100 metres relay | 42.27 | Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr |
East Germany | Potsdam | 1978-08-19 | |
High jump | 2.01 | Sara Simeoni | Italy | Brescia | 1978-08-04 | |
2.01 | Sara Simeoni | Italy | 1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-31 | |
Long jump | 7.09 | Vilma Bardauskienė | Soviet Union | 1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-29 |
7.07 | Vilma Bardauskienė | Soviet Union | Kishinyov | 1978-08-18 | ||
Discus throw | 70.72 | Evelin Jahl | East Germany | Dresden | 1978-08-12 |
Season's bests
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ IAAF World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ European Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ All-Africa Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Commonwealth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Payne, Bob (November 12, 1978). "Henry Rono: Rival runners know he's world's greatest". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Marshall, Joe (December 3, 1979). "Rono is all revved for Moscow". Sports Illustrated. p. 98. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
- ^ Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "World Record Progression (Women)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
References
[edit]- Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "Season Bests by Year (Men)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "Season Bests by Year (Women)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "World Record Progression (Men)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "World Record Progression (Women)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- World Marathon Rankings for 1978. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2023-08-07