1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29, 30, and 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Harald Schmid
 West Germany
Silver Dmitriy Stukalov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Vasiliy Arkhipenko
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Harald Schmid  West Germany 48.51 CR
2nd Dmitriy Stukalov  Soviet Union 49.72
3rd Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 49.77
4 Franz Meier   Switzerland 49.84
5 Harry Schulting  Netherlands 50.07
6 Jean-Claude Nallet  France 50.10
7 José Alonso  Spain 50.19
8 Horia Toboc  Romania 50.46

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 50.07 Q
2 José Alonso  Spain 50.32 Q
3 Horia Toboc  Romania 50.42 Q
4 Dmitriy Stukalov  Soviet Union 50.51 Q
5 Stavros Tziortzis  Greece 50.83
6 Peter Haas   Switzerland 51.29
7 Axel Salander  West Germany 51.63
8 Yanko Bratanov  Bulgaria 52.39

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 49.92 Q
2 Jean-Claude Nallet  France 49.98 Q
3 Franz Meier   Switzerland 50.12 Q
4 Harry Schulting  Netherlands 50.22 Q
5 Georgios Parris  Greece 50.66
6 Rok Kopitar  Yugoslavia 50.98
7 Lars-Åke Welander  Sweden 50.99
8 Thomas Löwe  West Germany 51.96

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dmitriy Stukalov  Soviet Union 50.35 Q
2 Harry Schulting  Netherlands 50.39 Q
3 Peter Haas   Switzerland 50.45 Q
4 José Carvalho  Portugal 51.02
5 Christer Gullstrand  Sweden 51.03
6 Gary Oakes  United Kingdom 52.08
7 Felix Rummele  Austria 52.13

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Löwe  West Germany 50.34 Q
2 Yanko Bratanov  Bulgaria 50.45 Q
3 Horia Toboc  Romania 50.75 Q
4 Oleg Bulatkin  Soviet Union 50.90
5 Claude Anicet  France 51.68
6 Miroslav Kodejš  Czechoslovakia 51.98
7 Bill Hartley  United Kingdom 52.15

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 49.78 Q
2 Rok Kopitar  Yugoslavia 50.43 Q
3 Georgios Parris  Greece 50.45 Q
4 Jean-Claude Nallet  France 50.49 q
5 Alan Pascoe  United Kingdom 50.95
6 Ladislav Kárský  Czechoslovakia 51.38
7 Lars Nilsen  Denmark 51.48

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 50.15 Q
2 José Alonso  Spain 50.27 Q
3 Stavros Tziortzis  Greece 50.49 Q
4 Axel Salander  West Germany 50.55 q
5 Franz Meier   Switzerland 50.66 q
6 Lars-Åke Welander  Sweden 50.72 q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 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
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