1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Palasport di San Siro in Milan, Italy, between 11 and 12 March 1978. It was the first time the championships were held in Italy.

1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates11–12 March 1978
Host cityMilan, Italy
VenuePalasport di San Siro
Events19
Participation252 athletes from
25 nations
Records set1 WR, 7 CR

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS) 6.64   Petar Petrov (BUL) 6.66   Aleksandr Aksinin (URS) 6.73
400 metres
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  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 46.51   Ryszard Podlas (POL) 46.55   Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS) 46.72
800 metres
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  Markku Taskinen (FIN) 1:47.35 NR   Olaf Beyer (GDR) 1:47.68   Roger Milhau (FRA) 1:47.8a
1500 metres
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  Antti Loikkanen (FIN) 3:38.16 CR   Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:38.23   Jürgen Straub (GDR) 3:40.2a
3000 metres
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  Markus Ryffel (SUI) 7:49.5a   Emiel Puttemans (BEL) 7:49.9a   Jörg Peter (GDR) 7:50.1a
60 metres hurdles
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  Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 7.62 =CR   Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS) 7.72   Giuseppe Buttari (ITA) 7.86
High jump
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  Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) 2.35 WR   Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) 2.29   Wolfgang Killing (FRG) 2.27
Pole vault
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  Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) 5.45   Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) 5.40   Vladimir Sergiyenko (URS) 5.40
Long jump
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  László Szalma (HUN) 7.83   Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 7.75   Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS) 7.73
Triple jump
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  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) 16.82   Keith Connor (GBR) 16.53   Aleksandr Yakovlev (URS) 16.47
Shot put
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  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) 20.48   Władysław Komar (POL) 20.16   Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.11

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Marlies Oelsner (GDR) 7.12 CR   Linda Haglund (SWE) 7.18 NR   Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) 7.27
400 metres
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  Marina Sidorova (URS) 52.42   Rita Bottiglieri (ITA) 53.18   Karoline Käfer (AUT) 53.56
800 metres
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  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 2:02.3a   Totka Petrova (BUL) 2:02.5a   Mariana Suman (ROM) 2:03.4a
1500 metres
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  Ileana Silai (ROM) 4:07.1a CR   Natalia Mărășescu (ROM) 4:07.4a   Brigitte Kraus (FRG) 4:07.6a
60 metres hurdles
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  Johanna Klier (GDR) 7.94 CR   Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 8.07   Silvia Kempin (FRG) 8.15
High jump
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  Sara Simeoni (ITA) 1.94 CR   Brigitte Holzapfel (FRG) 1.91   Urszula Kielan (POL) 1.88
Long jump
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  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) 6.62   Ildikó Erdélyi (HUN) 6.49   Sue Reeve (GBR) 6.48
Shot put
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  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) 20.67   Margitta Droese (GDR) 19.77   Eva Wilms (FRG) 19.24

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)4329
2  Soviet Union (URS)42612
3  Finland (FIN)3003
4  Italy (ITA)2114
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH)2002
6  Poland (POL)1315
7  Romania (ROU)1113
8  Hungary (HUN)1102
9  Switzerland (SUI)1001
10  West Germany (FRG)0246
11  Belgium (BEL)0202
  Bulgaria (BUL)0202
13  Great Britain (GBR)0123
14  Sweden (SWE)0101
15  Austria (AUT)0011
  France (FRA)0011
Totals (16 entries)19191957

Participating nations

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References

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