1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships
1978 European
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The men's 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Franz-Peter Hofmeister
 West Germany
Silver Karel Kolář
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Francis Demarthon
 France

Results

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 45.73
Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 45.77 NR
Francis Demarthon  France 45.97
4 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.22
5 Terry Whitehead  Great Britain 46.23
6 Richard Ashton  Great Britain 46.34
7 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.69
Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland DNS

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland 46.27 Q
2 Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 46.28 Q
3 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.33 Q
4 Terry Whitehead  Great Britain 46.69 Q
5 Glen Cohen  Great Britain 46.91
6 Eddy De Leeuw  Belgium 47.17
7 Stefano Malinverni  Italy 47.18
8 Maurice Volmar  France 47.50

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.09 Q
2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 46.18 Q
3 Francis Demarthon  France 46.26 Q
4 Richard Ashton  Great Britain 46.32 Q
5 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 46.37
6 Ryszard Podlas  Poland 46.59
7 Viktor Burakov  Soviet Union 46.91
8 Jens Hansen  Denmark 47.35

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 46.33 Q
2 Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland 46.75 Q
3 Viktor Burakov  Soviet Union 47.18 Q
4 Željko Knapić  Yugoslavia 47.51
5 Ornélien Gombault  France 47.91
6 Mike Bayle  Luxembourg 48.71
7 Alfons Brijdenbach  Belgium 53.05

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 46.28 Q
2 Richard Ashton  Great Britain 46.63 Q
3 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 46.77 Q
4 Maurice Volmar  France 46.94 q
5 Eddy De Leeuw  Belgium 47.27 q
6 Koen Gijsbers  Netherlands 47.65

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.57 Q
2 Francis Demarthon  France 46.73 Q
3 Glen Cohen  Great Britain 47.05 Q
4 Jens Hansen  Denmark 47.28 q
5 Rijk Van den Berghe  Belgium 47.55
6 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 48.02

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.50 Q
2 Terry Whitehead  Great Britain 46.61 Q
3 Ryszard Podlas  Poland 46.81 Q
4 Stefano Malinverni  Italy 47.03 q
5 Markku Kukkoaho  Finland 47.33
6 Frank Schaffer  East Germany 47.59

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 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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