1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
VenueStadion Evžena Rošického
LocationPrague
Dates
  • 29 August (heats)
  • 30 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Winning time10.27
Medalists
 Pietro Mennea   Italy
 Eugen Ray   East Germany
 Vladimir Ignatenko   Soviet Union
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

Results

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.40 Q
2 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.50 Q
3 Joseph Arame  France 10.59 Q
4 Lambert Micha  Belgium 10.63 Q
5 Franco Fähndrich   Switzerland 10.64
6 Ladislav Latocha  Czechoslovakia 10.73
7 Ivaylo Karanyotov  Bulgaria 10.78
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.19 CR, Q
2 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 10.31 Q
3 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 10.38 Q
4 Dragan Zarić  Yugoslavia 10.59 Q
5 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 10.60
6 Stefan Nilsson  Sweden 10.62
7 Otakar Wild  Czechoslovakia 10.73
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.30 Q
2 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.50 Q
3 Stefano Curini  Italy 10.58 Q
4 Kenth Rönn  Sweden 10.58 Q
5 Pierrick Thessard  France 10.79
6 Gernot Massing  Austria 10.86
7 Veselin Panov  Bulgaria 10.90
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.44 Q
2 Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 10.49 Q
3 Lambros Kefalas  Greece 10.53 Q
4 Giovanni Grazioli  Italy 10.55 Q
5 Alexander Thieme  East Germany 10.55
6 Zdeněk Mazur  Czechoslovakia 10.73
7 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson  Iceland 10.76
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.26 Q
2 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 10.45 Q
3 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.46 Q
4 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.53 Q
5 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.54
6 Kenth Rönn  Sweden 10.63
7 Stefano Curini  Italy 10.72
8 Lambert Micha  Belgium 10.74
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.30 Q
2 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 10.38 Q
3 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.38 Q
4 Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 10.43 Q
5 Giovanni Grazioli  Italy 10.58
6 Lambros Kefalas  Greece 10.60
7 Joseph Arame  France 10.64
8 Dragan Zarić  Yugoslavia 10.69
Wind: -0.8 m/s

Final

30 August

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
7 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.27
6 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.36
1 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 10.37
4 4 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.41
5 8 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 10.43
6 3 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.45
7 2 Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 10.46
8 5 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.55
Wind: 0.0 m/s

References

  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 427–435. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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