1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

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 high jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Sara Simeoni
 Italy
Silver Rosemarie Ackermann
 East Germany
Bronze Brigitte Holzapfel
 West Germany

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Sara Simeoni  Italy 2.01 WR
2nd Rosemarie Ackermann  East Germany 1.99
3rd Brigitte Holzapfel  West Germany 1.95
4 Jutta Kirst  East Germany 1.93
5 Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany 1.91
6 Andrea Mátay  Hungary 1.85
7 Snežana Hrepevnik  Yugoslavia 1.85
8 Urszula Kielan  Poland 1.85
9 Annette Harnack  West Germany 1.80
10 Astrid Tveit  Norway 1.80
11 Kristine Nitzsche  East Germany 1.80
12 Larisa Klimentenok  Soviet Union 1.80
13 Mária Mračnová  Czechoslovakia 1.80
14 Milada Karbanová  Czechoslovakia 1.80

Qualification

30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Milada Karbanová  Czechoslovakia 1.85 Q
2 Rosemarie Ackermann  East Germany 1.85 Q
3 Jutta Kirst  East Germany 1.85 Q
4 Brigitte Holzapfel  West Germany 1.85 Q
5 Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany 1.85 Q
6 Annette Harnack  West Germany 1.85 Q
7 Snežana Hrepevnik  Yugoslavia 1.85 Q
8 Kristine Nitzsche  East Germany 1.85 Q
9 Larisa Klimentenok  Soviet Union 1.85 Q
10 Sara Simeoni  Italy 1.85 Q
11 Urszula Kielan  Poland 1.85 Q
12 Mária Mračnová  Czechoslovakia 1.83 q
13 Andrea Mátay  Hungary 1.83 q
14 Astrid Tveit  Norway 1.83 q
15 Annette Tånnander  Sweden 1.80
16 Grith Ejstrup  Denmark 1.80
17 Mirjam van Laar  Netherlands 1.75
18 Marta Rehorovská  Czechoslovakia 1.75
19 Danuta Bułkowska  Poland 1.75
20 Gilian Hitchen  United Kingdom 1.75
21 Cornelia Popa  Romania 1.75
22 Anne-Maria Pira  Belgium 1.70
23 Sandra Dini  Italy 1.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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