1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 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]
| Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| 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 | |
Medalists
| Gold | Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin  Poland |
| Silver | Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme  East Germany |
| Bronze | Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union |
Results
Final
3 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Poland | Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin | 38.58 | CR |
 | East Germany | Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme | 38.78 | |
 | Soviet Union | Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko | 38.82 | |
| 4 |  France | Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo | 38.90 | |
| 5 |  Italy | Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea | 39.11 | |
| 6 |  Great Britain | Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Steve Green | 39.49 | |
| 7 |  Switzerland | Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler | 39.56 | |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | Ronald Desruelles Hans van den Daele Danny Roelandt Lambert Micha | 39.73 |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin | 39.20 | Q |
| 2 | Italy | Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea | 39.51 | Q |
| 3 | Switzerland | Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler | 39.87 | Q |
| 4 | Great Britain | Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Steve Green | 40.08 | Q |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia | Jan Cheben Otakar Wild Marián Králik Luděk Bohman | 40.43 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme | 39.05 | Q |
| 2 | Soviet Union | Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko | 39.21 | Q |
| 3 | France | Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo | 39.45 | Q |
| 4 | Belgium | Ronald Desruelles Danny Roelandt Hans van den Daele Lambert Micha | 40.16 | Q |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria | Ivaylo Karanyotov Vladimir Ivanov Veselin Panov Petar Petrov | DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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