1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Tatyana Zelentsova
 Soviet Union
Silver Silvia Hollmann
 West Germany
Bronze Karin Roßley
 East Germany

Results

Final

2 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Zelentsova  Soviet Union 54.89 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvia Hollmann  West Germany 55.14 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karin Roßley  East Germany 55.36 NR
4 Brigitte Köhn  East Germany 55.46
5 Krystyna Kacperczyk  Poland 55.55 NR
6 Anita Weiß  East Germany 55.63
7 Ingrīda Barkāne  Soviet Union 55.97
8 Genowefa Błaszak  Poland 57.72

Semi-finals

2 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Silvia Hollmann  West Germany 56.08 CR Q
2 Anita Weiß  East Germany 56.19 Q
3 Krystyna Kacperczyk  Poland 56.20 Q
4 Karin Roßley  East Germany 56.27 Q
5 Mary Appleby  Ireland 57.36
6 Marina Makeyeva  Soviet Union 57.49
7 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 57.68
Svilenka Filipova  Bulgaria DNF

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tatyana Zelentsova  Soviet Union 55.89 CR Q
2 Ingrīda Barkāne  Soviet Union 56.32 Q
3 Brigitte Köhn  East Germany 56.55 Q
4 Genowefa Błaszak  Poland 56.67 Q
5 Erika Weinstein  West Germany 57.22
6 Hilde Fredriksen  Norway 58.35
7 Anne Michel  Belgium 58.67
8 Liz Sutherland  Great Britain 62.83

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brigitte Köhn  East Germany 56.83 Q
2 Krystyna Kacperczyk  Poland 57.18 Q
3 Erika Weinstein  West Germany 57.56 Q
4 Mary Appleby  Ireland 57.66 Q
5 Eva Mohacsi  Hungary 59.61
6 Rosa-Maria Colorado  Spain 59.76
7 Kristianne Staut  Belgium 68.51

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Silvia Hollmann  West Germany 57.50 Q
2 Karin Roßley  East Germany 58.07 Q
3 Hilde Fredriksen  Norway 58.12 NJR Q
4 Ingrīda Barkāne  Soviet Union 58.29 Q
5 Doina Badescu  Romania 59.72
6 Wilma Hillen  Netherlands 59.97
7 Kamila Jozefíková  Czechoslovakia 60.61

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Liz Sutherland  Great Britain 57.61 Q
2 Marina Makeyeva  Soviet Union 57.66 Q
3 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 57.74 Q
4 Genowefa Błaszak  Poland 58.11 Q
5 Anne Aren  Sweden 59.32
6 Montserrat Pujol  Spain 60.21
7 Dana Wildová  Czechoslovakia 60.97

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anita Weiß  East Germany 56.19 CR Q
2 Tatyana Zelentsova  Soviet Union 56.44 Q
3 Anne Michel  Belgium 58.19 Q
4 Svilenka Filipova  Bulgaria 58.31 Q
5 Danièle Lairloup  France 58.47
6 Lisbeth Helbling   Switzerland 58.57
7 Hana Slámová  Czechoslovakia 60.77

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 17 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