1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships
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
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Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Evelin Jahl
 East Germany
Silver Margitta Droese
 East Germany
Bronze Natalya Gorbachova
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Evelin Jahl  East Germany 66.98
Margitta Droese  East Germany 64.04
Natalya Gorbachova  Soviet Union 63.58
4 Sabine Engel  East Germany 63.46
5 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 62.30
6 Svetla Bozhkova  Bulgaria 61.94
7 Lyudmila Isayeva  Soviet Union 61.56
8 Jitka Prouzová  Czechoslovakia 59.90
9 Argentina Menis  Romania 58.36
10 Agnes Herczeg  Hungary 57.94
11 Rita Pfister   Switzerland 53.78
12 Ingra Manecke  West Germany 52.92
13 Meg Ritchie  Great Britain 52.64
14 Marcela Pilařová  Czechoslovakia 50.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 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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