1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 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 400 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 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
1st  East Germany Christiane Marquardt
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch
3:21.20 CR
2nd  Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko
Nadezhda Mushta
Tatyana Providokhina
Mariya Kulchunova
3:22.53
3rd  Poland Małgorzata Gajewska
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Genowefa Błaszak
Irena Szewińska
3:26.76
4  United Kingdom 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
Eleonora Tarita
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
1  Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko
Nadezhda Mushta
Tatyana Providokhina
Mariya Kulchunova
3:24.2 CR Q
2  United Kingdom 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
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
Eleonora Tarita
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.

References

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