1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch East Germany |
Silver | Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova Soviet Union |
Bronze | Małgorzata Gajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska Poland |
Results
Final
3 September
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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East Germany | Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch | 3:21.20 | CR | |
Soviet Union | Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova | 3:22.53 | ||
Poland | Małgorzata Gajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska | 3:26.76 | ||
4 | Great Britain | Karen Williams Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Murray | 3:27.17 | |
5 | West Germany | Elke Decker Elke Barth Gaby Bussmann Silvia Hollmann | 3:27.96 | |
6 | Czechoslovakia | Jarmila Kratochvílová Jindřiška Kubečková Eva Ráková Jozefína Čerchlanová | 3:30.4 | |
7 | Romania | Maria Samungi Doina Badescu Mariana Suman Elena Tărîță | 3:30.7 | |
8 | Hungary | Eva Mohacsi Rozalia Halmosi Irén Orosz Ilona Pál | 3:32.2 |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | Soviet Union | Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova | 3:24.2 | CR Q |
2 | Great Britain | Karen Williams Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Murray | 3:29.0 | Q |
3 | Hungary | Eva Mohacsi Rozalia Halmosi Irén Orosz Ilona Pál | 3:30.7 | Q |
4 | Czechoslovakia | Eva Ráková Jindřiška Kubečková Jozefína Čerchlanová Jarmila Kratochvílová | 3:31.2 | Q |
5 | France | Catherine Delachanal Martine Jacquemin Danièle Lairloup Patricia Darbonville | 3:33.8 | |
6 | Netherlands | Tilly Verhoef Truus van Amstel Coby Körmeling Wilma Hillen | 3:34.7 |
Heat 2
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | East Germany | Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch | 3:27.7 | Q |
2 | West Germany | Elke Decker Elke Barth Gaby Bussmann Silvia Hollmann | 3:30.9 | Q |
3 | Poland | Małgorzata Gajewska Genowefa Błaszak Krystyna Kacperczyk Irena Szewińska | 3:31.2 | Q |
4 | Romania | Maria Samungi Doina Badescu Mariana Suman Elena Tărîță | 3:31.8 | Q |
5 | Finland | Yvonne Hannus Barbro Lindström Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Häggman | 3:32.2 | |
6 | Belgium | Anne Michel Rosine Wallez Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Lea Alaerts | 3:33.4 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (4)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- East Germany (4)
- Finland (4)
- France (4)
- Hungary (4)
- Netherlands (4)
- Poland (4)
- Romania (4)
- Soviet Union (4)
- Great Britain (4)
- West Germany (4)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014