1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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 javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Michael Wessing
 West Germany
Silver Nikolay Grebnyev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Wolfgang Hanisch
 East Germany

Results

Final

30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Michael Wessing  West Germany 89.12
2nd Nikolay Grebnyev  Soviet Union 87.82
3rd Wolfgang Hanisch  East Germany 87.66
4 Detlef Michel  East Germany 85.46
5 Helmut Schreiber  West Germany 83.58
6 Miklós Németh  Hungary 83.58
7 Piotr Bielczyk  Poland 81.80
8 Terje Thorslund  Norway 80.42
9 Ferenc Paragi  Hungary 79.08
10 Sándor Boros  Hungary 78.78
11 Pentti Sinersaari  Finland 77.10
12 Seppo Hovinen  Finland 73.08
13 Antero Puranen  Finland 72.74
14 Vasiliy Yershov  Soviet Union DQ Doping

: Vasiliy Yershov ranked initially 5th (85.06m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]

Qualification

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Ferenc Paragi  Hungary 86.04 Q
2 Nikolay Grebnyev  Soviet Union 85.18 Q
3 Helmut Schreiber  West Germany 85.16 Q
4 Wolfgang Hanisch  East Germany 84.50 Q
5 Antero Puranen  Finland 84.42 Q
6 Miklós Németh  Hungary 83.48 Q
7 Sándor Boros  Hungary 83.22 Q
8 Pentti Sinersaari  Finland 82.46 Q
9 Michael Wessing  West Germany 81.84 Q
10 Seppo Hovinen  Finland 80.94 Q
11 Detlef Michel  East Germany 80.48 Q
12 Terje Thorslund  Norway 80.22 Q
13 Piotr Bielczyk  Poland 80.06 Q
14 Kenth Eldebrink  Sweden 78.60
15 Bjørn Grimnes  Norway 78.58
16 Josef Hanák  Czechoslovakia 78.56
17 Raimo Pihl  Sweden 78.42
18 Per-Eric Smiding  Sweden 76.36
19 Peter Yates  United Kingdom 75.82
20 Tomáš Babiak  Czechoslovakia 75.20
21 Tudorel Pirvu  Romania 75.14
22 Vincenzo Marchetti  Italy 71.80
23 Vasiliy Yershov  Soviet Union DQ Q

: Vasiliy Yershov initially reached the final, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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