1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres

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

The women's 3000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Svetlana Ulmasova
 Soviet Union
Silver Natalia Mărăşescu
 Romania
Bronze Grete Waitz
 Norway

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union 8:33.16 CR
2nd Natalia Mărăşescu  Romania 8:33.53
3rd Grete Waitz  Norway 8:34.33
4 Maricica Puică  Romania 8:40.94
5 Giana Romanova  Soviet Union 8:45.74
6 Cornelia Bürki   Switzerland 8:46.13
7 Raisa Belousova  Soviet Union 8:48.73
8 Paula Fudge  United Kingdom 8:48.74
9 Ann Ford  United Kingdom 8:53.08
10 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 9:02.87
11 Magdolna Lazar  Hungary 9:05.14
12 Joëlle de Brouwer  France 9:05.21
13 Glynis Penny  United Kingdom 9:08.9
14 Helena Ledvinová  Czechoslovakia 9:10.9
15 Mary Purcell  Ireland 9:11.9
16 Loa Olafsson  Denmark 9:12.0
17 Božena Sudická  Czechoslovakia 9:12.9
18 Bernadette Van Roy  Belgium 9:13.9
19 Deirdre Nagle  Ireland 9:21.9
20 Daniele Justin  Belgium 9:24.0
21 Carla Beurskens  Netherlands 9:25.5
22 Tineke Kluft  Netherlands 9:31.0
23 Carmen Valero  Spain 9:34.0
24 Miroslava Margoldová  Czechoslovakia 9:36.1
25 Connie Olsen  Denmark 9:40.6
26 Birgit Friedmann  West Germany DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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