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1978 European Athletics Championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | 12th European Athletics Championships |
| Colour | #E0ECF8 |
| Logo | 1978prague.jpg |
| Size | 179 |
| Optional caption | The logo of the 1978 European Athletics Championships |
| Host city | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Dates | 29 August – 3 September |
| Stadium | Stadion Evžena Rošického |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Nations participating | 29 |
| Athletes participating | 1004 |
| Events | 40 |
| Previous | 1974 Rome |
| Next | 1982 Athens |
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. | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = November 24, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014 | access-date = September 13, 2014
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.{{Citation | access-date = September 13, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180725171426/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf | archive-date = July 25, 2018 | url-status = dead
Men's results
Complete results were published. | access-date = 13 August 2014
Track
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
- Pietro Mennea ran 10.19 in the heats, which was a new championship record.
Field
1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
†: 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 |
- 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 |
‡: 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. | access-date = 13 August 2014 The significantly higher official number might include coaches and/or officials.
- AUT (11)
- BEL (31)
- BUL (24)
- CYP (1)
- TCH (82)
- DEN (10)
- GDR (72)
- FIN (33)
- France (51)
- GIB (1)
- GRE (13)
- HUN (25)
- ISL (5)
- IRL (9)
- Italy (43)
- LIE (2)
- LUX (6)
- NED (25)
- NOR (16)
- POL (46)
- POR (4)
- ROU (24)
- URS (92)
- ESP Spain (16)
- SWE (31)
- SUI (21)
- TUR (5)
- Great Britain (69)
- FRG (64)
- SFR Yugoslavia (14)
References
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