The men's 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1]
Men's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
editGold | Franz-Peter Hofmeister West Germany |
Silver | Karel Kolář Czechoslovakia |
Bronze | Francis Demarthon France |
Results
edit1 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Franz-Peter Hofmeister | West Germany | 45.73 | ||
Karel Kolář | Czechoslovakia | 45.77 | NR | |
Francis Demarthon | France | 45.97 | ||
4 | Lothar Krieg | West Germany | 46.22 | |
5 | Terry Whitehead | Great Britain | 46.23 | |
6 | Richard Ashton | Great Britain | 46.34 | |
7 | Bernd Herrmann | West Germany | 46.69 | |
Jerzy Pietrzyk | Poland | DNS |
Semi-finals
edit31 August
Semi-final 1
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | Poland | 46.27 | Q |
2 | Karel Kolář | Czechoslovakia | 46.28 | Q |
3 | Lothar Krieg | West Germany | 46.33 | Q |
4 | Terry Whitehead | Great Britain | 46.69 | Q |
5 | Glen Cohen | Great Britain | 46.91 | |
6 | Eddy De Leeuw | Belgium | 47.17 | |
7 | Stefano Malinverni | Italy | 47.18 | |
8 | Maurice Volmar | France | 47.50 |
Semi-final 2
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bernd Herrmann | West Germany | 46.09 | Q |
2 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | West Germany | 46.18 | Q |
3 | Francis Demarthon | France | 46.26 | Q |
4 | Richard Ashton | Great Britain | 46.32 | Q |
5 | Miroslav Tulis | Czechoslovakia | 46.37 | |
6 | Ryszard Podlas | Poland | 46.59 | |
7 | Viktor Burakov | Soviet Union | 46.91 | |
8 | Jens Hansen | Denmark | 47.35 |
Heats
edit30 August
Heat 1
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karel Kolář | Czechoslovakia | 46.33 | Q |
2 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | Poland | 46.75 | Q |
3 | Viktor Burakov | Soviet Union | 47.18 | Q |
4 | Željko Knapić | Yugoslavia | 47.51 | |
5 | Ornélien Gombault | France | 47.91 | |
6 | Mike Bayle | Luxembourg | 48.71 | |
7 | Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 53.05 |
Heat 2
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | West Germany | 46.28 | Q |
2 | Richard Ashton | Great Britain | 46.63 | Q |
3 | Miroslav Tulis | Czechoslovakia | 46.77 | Q |
4 | Maurice Volmar | France | 46.94 | q |
5 | Eddy De Leeuw | Belgium | 47.27 | q |
6 | Koen Gijsbers | Netherlands | 47.65 |
Heat 3
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lothar Krieg | West Germany | 46.57 | Q |
2 | Francis Demarthon | France | 46.73 | Q |
3 | Glen Cohen | Great Britain | 47.05 | Q |
4 | Jens Hansen | Denmark | 47.28 | q |
5 | Rijk Van den Berghe | Belgium | 47.55 | |
6 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 48.02 |
Heat 4
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bernd Herrmann | West Germany | 46.50 | Q |
2 | Terry Whitehead | Great Britain | 46.61 | Q |
3 | Ryszard Podlas | Poland | 46.81 | Q |
4 | Stefano Malinverni | Italy | 47.03 | q |
5 | Markku Kukkoaho | Finland | 47.33 | |
6 | Frank Schaffer | East Germany | 47.59 |
Participation
editAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (3)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (3)
- Italy (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Poland (2)
- Soviet Union (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
edit- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014