1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 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 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29, 30, and 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Marita Koch
 East Germany
Silver Christina Brehmer
 East Germany
Bronze Irena Szewińska
 Poland

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Marita Koch  East Germany 48.94 WR
2nd Christina Brehmer  East Germany 50.38
3rd Irena Szewińska  Poland 50.40
4 Mariya Kulchunova  Soviet Union 51.25
5 Christiane Marquardt  East Germany 51.99
6 Donna Hartley  United Kingdom 52.31
7 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.46
8 Verona Elder  United Kingdom 52.53

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marita Koch  East Germany 51.76 Q
2 Mariya Kulchunova  Soviet Union 51.88 Q
3 Donna Hartley  United Kingdom 52.14 Q
4 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.24 Q
5 Elke Decker  West Germany 52.92
6 Joslyn Hoyte  United Kingdom 52.95
7 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 53.93
8 Patricia Darbonville  France 54.47

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christina Brehmer  East Germany 52.01 Q
2 Christiane Marquardt  East Germany 52.29 Q
3 Irena Szewińska  Poland 52.37 Q
4 Verona Elder  United Kingdom 52.65 Q
5 Gaby Bussmann  West Germany 52.66
6 Dagmar Fuhrmann  West Germany 53.23
7 Ilona Pál  Hungary 53.50
8 Marina Sidorova  Soviet Union 54.08

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marita Koch  East Germany 52.95 Q
2 Irena Szewińska  Poland 53.14 Q
3 Ilona Pál  Hungary 53.42 Q
4 Patricia Darbonville  France 53.50 q
5 Rosine Wallez  Belgium 53.99
6 Anne Aren  Sweden 54.37

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christiane Marquardt  East Germany 52.12 Q
2 Joslyn Hoyte  United Kingdom 52.29 Q
3 Gaby Bussmann  West Germany 52.92 Q
4 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 53.33 q
5 Marina Sidorova  Soviet Union 53.72 q
6 Yvonne Hannus  Finland 53.98
7 Ibolya Petrika  Hungary 54.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christina Brehmer  East Germany 51.71 Q
2 Verona Elder  United Kingdom 52.64 Q
3 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.68 Q
4 Elke Decker  West Germany 52.97 q
5 Catherine Delachanal  France 53.81
6 Truus van Amstel  Netherlands 54.37

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mariya Kulchunova  Soviet Union 51.55 Q
2 Dagmar Fuhrmann  West Germany 53.45 Q
3 Donna Hartley  United Kingdom 53.61 Q
4 Silvia Schinzel  Austria 53.80
5 Rozalia Halmosi  Hungary 53.93
6 Eva Ráková  Czechoslovakia 54.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 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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