Poland at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
WA code	POL
National federation	Polish Athletic Association
in Prague
Competitors	46
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
European Athletics Championships appearances
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Poland competed at the 1978 European Athletics Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, from 29 August – 3 September 1978. A delegation of 46 athletes were sent to represent the country. Poland won seven medals at the Championships.^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Bronisław Malinowski	Men's 3,000m steeplechase
Gold	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin	Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver	Jan Pusty	Men's 110m hurdles
Silver	Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas	Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze	Jan Ornoch	Men's 50km walk
Bronze	Irena Szewińska	Women's 400m
Bronze	Małgorzata Grajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska	Women's 4 × 400 m relay