1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
  West Germany
Silver Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
  Poland
Bronze Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
  Czechoslovakia

Results

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Final

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3 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:02.03 CR
    Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:03.62
    Czechoslovakia Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
3:03.99
4    Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:04.29
5   East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:04.39
6   France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:05.63
7   Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.7
8   Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:06.9

Heats

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2 September

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:06.45 Q
2    Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:06.6 Q
3   Czechoslovakia Miroslav Tulis
Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Karel Kolář
3:07.1 Q
4   Netherlands Raymond Heerenveen
Koen Gijsbers
Marcel Klarenbeek
Harry Schulting
3:07.6
5   Belgium Eddy De Leeuw
Jacques Borlée
Rik Hermans
Rik Vandenberghe
3:08.0
6   Great Britain Terry Whitehead
Glen Cohen
David Jenkins
Richard Ashton
3:39.9

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:05.97 Q
2   Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.5 Q
3   France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:06.6 Q
4   East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:06.8 q
5   Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:07.1 q
  Finland Heikki Hämäläinen
Markku Kukkoaho
Antti Rajamäki
Markku Taskinen
DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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