1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships
VenueStadion Evžena Rošického
LocationPrague, Czechoslovakia
Dates29, 30, and 31 August 1978
Competitors25 from 13 nations
Winning time48.94 s WR
Medalists
gold medal Marita Koch   East Germany
silver medal Christina Brehmer   East Germany
bronze medal Irena Szewińska   Poland
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

Results

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  Great Britain 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  Great Britain 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  Great Britain 53.61 Q
4 Silvia Schinzel  Austria 53.80
5 Rozalia Halmosi  Hungary 53.93
6 Eva Ráková  Czechoslovakia 54.00

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  Great Britain 52.14 Q
4 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.24 Q
5 Elke Decker  West Germany 52.92
6 Joslyn Hoyte  Great Britain 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  Great Britain 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

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marita Koch  East Germany 48.94 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christina Brehmer  East Germany 50.38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irena Szewińska  Poland 50.40
4 Mariya Kulchunova  Soviet Union 51.25
5 Christiane Marquardt  East Germany 51.99
6 Donna Hartley  Great Britain 52.31
7 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 52.46
8 Verona Elder  Great Britain 52.53

References

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