1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

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 shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ilona Slupianek
 East Germany
Silver Helena Fibingerová
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Margitta Droese
 East Germany

Results

Final

30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ilona Slupianek  East Germany 21.41 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia 20.86
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Margitta Droese  East Germany 20.58
4 Svetlana Krachevskaya  Soviet Union 20.13
5 Eva Wilms  West Germany 19.20
6 Ivanka Petrova  Bulgaria 18.85
7 Svetlana Melnikova  Soviet Union 18.63
8 Mihaela Loghin  Romania 17.35
9 Zdeňka Šilhavá  Czechoslovakia 17.23
10 Beatrix Philipp  West Germany 17.13
11 Nina Isayeva  Soviet Union NM
12 Elena Stoyanova  Bulgaria DQ Doping†

†Elena Stoyanova ranked initially 5th (19.43m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 6 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
  2. ↑ Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, retrieved September 13, 2014
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