1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
| Women's high jump at the European Athletics Championships |
|---|
| 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's high jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Sara Simeoni Italy |
| Silver | Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany |
| Bronze | Brigitte Holzapfel West Germany |
Results
Final
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Simeoni | Italy | 2.01 | WR= | |
| Rosemarie Ackermann | East Germany | 1.99 | ||
| Brigitte Holzapfel | West Germany | 1.95 | ||
| 4 | Jutta Kirst | East Germany | 1.93 | |
| 5 | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | 1.91 | |
| 6 | Andrea Mátay | Hungary | 1.85 | |
| 7 | Snežana Hrepevnik | Yugoslavia | 1.85 | |
| 8 | Urszula Kielan | Poland | 1.85 | |
| 9 | Annette Harnack | West Germany | 1.80 | |
| 10 | Astrid Tveit | Norway | 1.80 | |
| 11 | Kristine Nitzsche | East Germany | 1.80 | |
| 12 | Larisa Klimentenok | Soviet Union | 1.80 | |
| 13 | Mária Mračnová | Czechoslovakia | 1.80 | |
| 14 | Milada Karbanová | Czechoslovakia | 1.80 |
Qualification
30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milada Karbanová | Czechoslovakia | 1.85 | Q | |
| Rosemarie Ackermann | East Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Jutta Kirst | East Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Brigitte Holzapfel | West Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Annette Harnack | West Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Snežana Hrepevnik | Yugoslavia | 1.85 | Q | |
| Kristine Nitzsche | East Germany | 1.85 | Q | |
| Larisa Klimentenok | Soviet Union | 1.85 | Q | |
| Sara Simeoni | Italy | 1.85 | Q | |
| Urszula Kielan | Poland | 1.85 | Q | |
| Mária Mračnová | Czechoslovakia | 1.83 | q | |
| Andrea Mátay | Hungary | 1.83 | q | |
| Astrid Tveit | Norway | 1.83 | q | |
| Annette Tånnander | Sweden | 1.80 | ||
| Grith Ejstrup | Denmark | 1.80 | ||
| Mirjam van Laar | Netherlands | 1.75 | ||
| Marta Rehorovská | Czechoslovakia | 1.75 | ||
| Danuta Bułkowska | Poland | 1.75 | ||
| Gilian Hitchen | Great Britain | 1.75 | ||
| Cornelia Popa | Romania | 1.75 | ||
| Anne-Maria Pira | Belgium | 1.70 | ||
| Sandra Dini | Italy | 1.70 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (3)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (2)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (2)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014