1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

GoldGiana Romanova
 Soviet Union
SilverNatalia Mărăşescu
 Romania
BronzeTotka Petrova
 Bulgaria

Results

Final

3 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Giana Romanova Soviet Union3:59.01CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Natalia Mărăşescu Romania3:59.77
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Totka Petrova Bulgaria4:00.15
4Valentina Ilyinykh Soviet Union4:00.18
5Grete Waitz Norway4:00.55NR
6Gabriella Dorio Italy4:01.25
7Ulrike Bruns East Germany4:02.20
8Cornelia Bürki  Switzerland4:04.60
9Vesela Yatsinska Bulgaria4:04.73
10Lyudmila Kalnitskaya Soviet Union4:06.6
11Maricica Puică Romania4:09.3
12Christine Benning United Kingdom4:11.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ulrike Bruns East Germany4:11.50Q
2Gabriella Dorio Italy4:11.5Q
3Vesela Yatsinska Bulgaria4:11.7Q
4Giana Romanova Soviet Union4:11.8Q
5Cornelia Bürki  Switzerland4:11.8Q
6Brigitte Kraus West Germany4:11.9
7Mary Stewart United Kingdom4:17.5
8Tineke Kluft Netherlands4:17.7
9Irén Lipcsei Hungary4:20.2
10Fernande Schmitt Luxembourg4:31.3

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Natalia Mărăşescu Romania4:05.76Q
2Maricica Puică Romania4:06.1Q
3Valentina Ilyinykh Soviet Union4:06.3Q
4Grete Waitz Norway4:06.3Q
5Lyudmila Kalnitskaya Soviet Union4:06.7Q
6Totka Petrova Bulgaria4:07.2q
7Christine Benning United Kingdom4:11.8q
8Magdolna Lázár Hungary4:14.4
9Drahomíra Zvoníčková Czechoslovakia4:19.2
10Véronique Renties France4:40.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 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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