1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
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
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The women's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ruth Fuchs  East Germany
Silver	Tessa Sanderson  United Kingdom
Bronze	Ute Hommola  East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	69.16	AR
02 !	Tessa Sanderson	United Kingdom	62.40
03 !	Ute Hommola	East Germany	62.32
4	Ute Richter	East Germany	62.04
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	61.14
6	Eva Helmschmidt	West Germany	60.96
7	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	60.18
8	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	60.14
9	Nina Nikanorova	Soviet Union	57.50
10	Jadvyga Putinienė	Soviet Union	57.28
11	Elena Burgárová	Czechoslovakia	57.22
12	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	53.10

Qualification

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nina Nikanorova	Soviet Union	63.18	Q
2	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	60.36	Q
3	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	59.84	Q
4	Jadvyga Putinienė	Soviet Union	59.84	Q
5	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	59.62	Q
6	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	59.34	Q
7	Tessa Sanderson	United Kingdom	59.04	Q
8	Ute Richter	East Germany	59.00	Q
9	Eva Helmschmidt	West Germany	58.74	Q
10	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	58.38	Q
11	Elena Burgárová	Czechoslovakia	57.40	Q
12	Ute Hommola	East Germany	57.18	Q
13	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	56.76
14	Tsvetanka Mikhailova	Bulgaria	54.72
15	Giuliana Amici	Italy	52.66
16	Lidia Berkhout	Netherlands	52.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References