1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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 women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Lyudmila Storozhkova
 Soviet Union
Silver Bev Goddard
Kathy Smallwood
Sharon Colyear
Sonia Lannaman
 United Kingdom
Bronze Johanna Klier
Monika Hamann
Carla Bodendorf
Marlies Göhr
 East Germany

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  Soviet Union Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Lyudmila Storozhkova
42.54
2nd  United Kingdom Bev Goddard
Kathy Smallwood
Sharon Colyear
Sonia Lannaman
42.72
3rd  East Germany Johanna Klier
Monika Hamann
Carla Bodendorf
Marlies Göhr
43.07
4  Bulgaria Sofka Popova
Lilyana Ivanova
Zdravka Shipokliyeva
Ivanka Valkova
43.47
5  Poland Grażyna Rabsztyn
Zofia Bielczyk
Jolanta Stalmach
Irena Szewińska
43.83
6  West Germany Elvira Possekel
Dagmar Schenten
Claudia Steger
Petra Sharp
44.34
7  Sweden Linda Haglund
Helena Pihl
Jeanette Rangeby
Lena Möller
44.37
8  France Véronique Rosset
Annie Alizé
Chantal Réga
Raymonde Naigre
DNF

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Johanna Klier
Monika Hamann
Carla Bodendorf
Marlies Göhr
43.05 Q
2  France Véronique Rosset
Annie Alizé
Chantal Réga
Raymonde Naigre
43.78 Q
3  Bulgaria Sofka Popova
Lilyana Ivanova
Zdravka Shipokliyeva
Ivanka Valkova
43.97 Q
4  Poland Grażyna Rabsztyn
Zofia Bielczyk
Jolanta Stalmach
Irena Szewińska
44.20 Q
5  Italy Andriana Cari
Paola Bolognesi
Marisa Masullo
Laura Miano
44.95

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Vera Anisimova
Lyudmila Maslakova
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Lyudmila Storozhkova
43.35 Q
2  United Kingdom Bev Goddard
Kathy Smallwood
Sharon Colyear
Sonia Lannaman
43.90 Q
3  Sweden Linda Haglund
Helena Pihl
Jeanette Rangeby
Lena Möller
44.31 Q
4  West Germany Elvira Possekel
Dagmar Schenten
Claudia Steger
Petra Sharp
44.58 Q
5  Czechoslovakia Daniela Drinková
Dana Široká
Zdena Holánová
Ludmila Jimramovská
45.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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