1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus 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 women's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Evelin Jahl
 East Germany
Silver Margitta Droese
 East Germany
Bronze Natalya Gorbachova
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Evelin Jahl  East Germany 66.98
2nd Margitta Droese  East Germany 64.04
3rd Natalya Gorbachova  Soviet Union 63.58
4 Sabine Engel  East Germany 63.46
5 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 62.30
6 Svetla Bozhkova  Bulgaria 61.94
7 Lyudmila Isayeva  Soviet Union 61.56
8 Jitka Prouzová  Czechoslovakia 59.90
9 Argentina Menis  Romania 58.36
10 Agnes Herczeg  Hungary 57.94
11 Rita Pfister   Switzerland 53.78
12 Ingra Manecke  West Germany 52.92
13 Meg Ritchie  United Kingdom 52.64
14 Marcela Pilařová  Czechoslovakia 50.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 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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