1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

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 long jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vilma Bardauskienė
 Soviet Union
Silver Angela Voigt
 East Germany
Bronze Jarmila Nygrýnová
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Vilma Bardauskienė  Soviet Union 6.88
2nd Angela Voigt  East Germany 6.79
3rd Jarmila Nygrýnová  Czechoslovakia 6.69
4 Brigitte Wujak  East Germany 6.60
5 Gina Panait  Romania 6.52
6 Susan Reeve  United Kingdom 6.48
7 Karin Antretter  West Germany 6.48
8 Heidemarie Wycisk  East Germany 6.44
9 Jacky Curtet  France 6.24
10 Doina Anton  Romania 6.22
11 Lidia Gusheva  Bulgaria 6.20
12 Maroula Lambrou  Greece 6.12

Qualification

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vilma Bardauskienė  Soviet Union 7.09 WR Q
2 Brigitte Wujak  East Germany 6.65 Q
3 Gina Panait  Romania 6.61 Q
4 Jacky Curtet  France 6.54 Q
5 Jarmila Nygrýnová  Czechoslovakia 6.48 Q
6 Susan Reeve  United Kingdom 6.47 Q
7 Karin Antretter  West Germany 6.46 Q
8 Angela Voigt  East Germany 6.44 Q
9 Heidemarie Wycisk  East Germany 6.40 Q
10 Lidia Gusheva  Bulgaria 6.40 Q
11 Maroula Lambrou  Greece 6.31 Q
12 Doina Anton  Romania 6.31 Q
13 Lidiya Alfeyeva  Soviet Union 6.29
14 Margit Papp  Hungary 6.28
15 Teresa Marciniak  Poland 6.26
16 Susan Hearnshaw  United Kingdom 6.25
17 Sandra Vlad  Romania 6.19
18 Isabella Keller  Switzerland 6.15
19 Sylvia Barlag  Netherlands 6.12
20 Anke Weigt  West Germany 6.08
21 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark 5.85
22 Eva Šuranová  Czechoslovakia NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References