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

Medalists

Gold Ruth Fuchs
 East Germany
Silver Tessa Sanderson
 United Kingdom
Bronze Ute Hommola
 East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Ruth Fuchs  East Germany 69.16 AR
2nd Tessa Sanderson  United Kingdom 62.40
3rd Ute Hommola  East Germany 62.32
4 Ute Richter  East Germany 62.04
5 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő  Romania 61.14
6 Eva Helmschmidt  West Germany 60.96
7 Ingrid Thyssen  West Germany 60.18
8 Bernadetta Blechacz  Poland 60.14
9 Nina Nikanorova  Soviet Union 57.50
10 Jadvyga Putinienė  Soviet Union 57.28
11 Elena Burgárová  Czechoslovakia 57.22
12 Ivanka Vancheva  Bulgaria 53.10

Qualification

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Nina Nikanorova  Soviet Union 63.18 Q
2 Ruth Fuchs  East Germany 60.36 Q
3 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő  Romania 59.84 Q
4 Jadvyga Putinienė  Soviet Union 59.84 Q
5 Ingrid Thyssen  West Germany 59.62 Q
6 Ivanka Vancheva  Bulgaria 59.34 Q
7 Tessa Sanderson  United Kingdom 59.04 Q
8 Ute Richter  East Germany 59.00 Q
9 Eva Helmschmidt  West Germany 58.74 Q
10 Bernadetta Blechacz  Poland 58.38 Q
11 Elena Burgárová  Czechoslovakia 57.40 Q
12 Ute Hommola  East Germany 57.18 Q
13 Sofia Sakorafa  Greece 56.76
14 Tsvetanka Mikhailova  Bulgaria 54.72
15 Giuliana Amici  Italy 52.66
16 Lidia Berkhout  Netherlands 52.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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