1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon

Women's pentathlon
at the European Athletics Championships
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
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
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Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
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Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Margit Papp
 Hungary
Silver Burglinde Pollak
 East Germany
Bronze Kristine Nitzsche
 East Germany

Results

Final

1/2 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Name Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Margit Papp  Hungary 13.70
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 15.41 1.81 6.22
(w: -0.9 m/s)		 2:16.2 4694 (4655)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Burglinde Pollak  East Germany 13.48
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 16.64 1.65 6.17
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:15.0 4614 (4600)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristine Nitzsche  East Germany 14.02
(w: -0.4 m/s)		 12.77 1.93 6.13
(w: 0.8 m/s)		 2:12.7 4648 (4599)
4 Beatrix Philipp  West Germany 14.65
(w: -0.4 m/s)		 17.95 1.77 6.03
(w: -1.2 m/s)		 2:19.2 4582 (4554)
5 Yekaterina Smirnova  Soviet Union 13.43
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 14.10 1.79 6.13
(w: -0.7 m/s)		 2:19.7 4545 (4534)
6 Ramona Neubert  East Germany 14.14
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 13.29 1.75 6.33
(w: -1.2 m/s)		 2:21.3 4381 (4380)
7 Ina Losch  West Germany 15.03
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 12.14 1.79 6.23
(w: -2.0 m/s)		 2:13.97 4302 (4319)
8 Florence Picaut  France 13.98
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 13.16 1.83 5.80
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:25.0 4281 (4307)
9 Marcela Koblasová  Czechoslovakia 14.35
(w: -0.4 m/s)		 13.38 1.71 6.00
(w: -0.6 m/s)		 2:24.6 4161 (4210)
10 Cornelia Sulek  West Germany 14.66
(w: -0.3 m/s)		 14.78 1.79 5.44
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:24.7 4143 (4202)
11 Els Stolk  Netherlands 14.72
(w: -0.3 m/s)		 12.22 1.77 5.83
(w: 1.1 m/s)		 2:18.73 4135 (4190)
12 Sylvia Barlag  Netherlands 14.47
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 11.56 1.79 5.91
(w: -1.5 m/s)		 2:21.0 4143 (4184)
13 Yvette Wray  Great Britain 13.96
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 12.04 1.67 5.83
(w: 2.0 m/s)		 2:18.9 4103 (4171)
14 Angela Weiss   Switzerland 14.03
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 11.18 1.73 5.94
(w: -1.3 m/s)		 2:20.9 4114 (4165)
15 Gabriela Ionescu  Romania 14.52
(w: -0.3 m/s)		 11.29 1.71 6.06
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:18.9 4094 (4145)
16 Breda Lorenci  Yugoslavia 14.36
(w: -0.3 m/s)		 12.86 1.71 5.60
(w: 1.4 m/s)		 2:20.1 4064 (4144)
17 Sue Mapstone  Great Britain 14.28
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 10.99 1.73 5.58
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:24.8 3906 (3993)
18 Annette Tånnander  Sweden 14.80
(w: -0.3 m/s)		 11.35 1.85 5.70
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 3286 (3364)
Danuta Cały  Poland 14.48
(w: -0.4 m/s)		 12.99 1.77 NM DNF
Nadiya Tkachenko  Soviet Union 13.32
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 15.11 1.79 6.31
(w: 0.4 m/s)		 2:12.25 DQ Doping†
Yekaterina Gordiyenko  Soviet Union 13.95
(w: -0.4 m/s)		 14.64 1.79 6.17
(w: 0.5 m/s)		 2:14.6 DQ Doping‡

†: Nadiya Tkachenko ranked initially 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
‡: Yekaterina Gordiyenko ranked initially 5th (4572pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 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
  2. ^ a b 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, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014