1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's high 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

The women's high jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Sara Simeoni  Italy
Silver	Rosemarie Ackermann  East Germany
Bronze	Brigitte Holzapfel  West Germany

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Sara Simeoni	Italy	2.01	WR
02 !	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	1.99
03 !	Brigitte Holzapfel	West Germany	1.95
4	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	1.93
5	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	1.91
6	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	1.85
7	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	1.85
8	Urszula Kielan	Poland	1.85
9	Annette Harnack	West Germany	1.80
10	Astrid Tveit	Norway	1.80
11	Kristine Nitzsche	East Germany	1.80
12	Larisa Klimentenok	Soviet Union	1.80
13	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	1.80
14	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.80

Qualification

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.85	Q
2	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	1.85	Q
3	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	1.85	Q
4	Brigitte Holzapfel	West Germany	1.85	Q
5	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	1.85	Q
6	Annette Harnack	West Germany	1.85	Q
7	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	1.85	Q
8	Kristine Nitzsche	East Germany	1.85	Q
9	Larisa Klimentenok	Soviet Union	1.85	Q
10	Sara Simeoni	Italy	1.85	Q
11	Urszula Kielan	Poland	1.85	Q
12	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	1.83	q
13	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	1.83	q
14	Astrid Tveit	Norway	1.83	q
15	Annette Tånnander	Sweden	1.80
16	Grith Ejstrup	Denmark	1.80
17	Mirjam van Laar	Netherlands	1.75
18	Marta Rehorovská	Czechoslovakia	1.75
19	Danuta Bułkowska	Poland	1.75
20	Gilian Hitchen	United Kingdom	1.75
21	Cornelia Popa	Romania	1.75
22	Anne-Maria Pira	Belgium	1.70
23	Sandra Dini	Italy	1.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References