1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The winning margin was 4 cm. With the conclusion of the 2024 championships, this remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's hammer throw at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Yuriy Sedykh
  Soviet Union
Silver Roland Steuk
  East Germany
Bronze Karl-Hans Riehm
  West Germany

Results

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Final

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2 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Yuriy Sedykh   Soviet Union 77.28 CR
  Roland Steuk   East Germany 77.24
  Karl-Hans Riehm   West Germany 77.02
4 Detlef Gerstenberg   East Germany 76.70
5 Manfred Hüning   West Germany 76.46
6 Boris Zaychuk   Soviet Union 75.62
7 Edoardo Podberscek   Italy 73.02
8 Giampaolo Urlando   Italy 72.62
9 Jochen Sachse   East Germany 71.56
10 Gábor Tamás   Hungary 70.72
11 Harri Huhtala   Finland 69.92
12 Klaus Ploghaus   West Germany 69.30

Qualification

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1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Roland Steuk   East Germany 73.22 Q
2 Karl-Hans Riehm   West Germany 73.06 Q
3 Giampaolo Urlando   Italy 73.04 Q
4 Detlef Gerstenberg   East Germany 72.80 Q
5 Yuriy Sedykh   Soviet Union 71.36 Q
6 Boris Zaychuk   Soviet Union 71.34 Q
7 Manfred Hüning   West Germany 71.18 Q
8 Klaus Ploghaus   West Germany 70.86 Q
9 Jochen Sachse   East Germany 70.62 Q
10 Edoardo Podberscek   Italy 70.26 Q
11 Gábor Tamás   Hungary 70.04 Q
12 Harri Huhtala   Finland 69.84 Q
13 Orlando Bianchini   Italy 69.78
14 Emanuil Dulgherov   Bulgaria 68.96
15 Aleksey Malyukov   Soviet Union 68.78
16 Richard Olsen   Norway 68.56
17 Jacques Accambray   France 67.78
18 Philippe Suriray   France 66.78
19 Radomil Skoumal   Czechoslovakia 65.44
20 Chris Black   Great Britain 63.54

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 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