1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978. [1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

3 September

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid 		3:02.03CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas 		3:03.62
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář 		3:03.99
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler 		3:04.29
5Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig 		3:04.39
6Flag of France.svg  France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon 		3:05.63
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea 		3:06.7
8Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić 		3:06.9

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas 		3:06.45Q
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler 		3:06.6Q
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Miroslav Tulis
Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Karel Kolář 		3:07.1Q
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Raymond Heerenveen
Koen Gijsbers
Marcel Klarenbeek
Harry Schulting 		3:07.6
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy De Leeuw
Jacques Borlée
Rik Hermans
Rik Vandenberghe 		3:08.0
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Terry Whitehead
Glen Cohen
David Jenkins
Richard Ashton 		3:39.9

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid 		3:05.97Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea 		3:06.5Q
3Flag of France.svg  France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon 		3:06.6Q
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig 		3:06.8q
5Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić 		3:07.1q
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Heikki Hämäläinen
Markku Kukkoaho
Antti Rajamäki
Markku Taskinen 		DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 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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