1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 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 | Giana Romanova Soviet Union |
| Silver | Natalia Mărăşescu.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania |
| Bronze | Totka Petrova.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria |
Results
Final
3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Giana Romanova | Soviet Union | 3:59.01 | CR |
 | Natalia Mărăşescu | Romania | 3:59.77 | |
 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 4:00.15 | |
| 4 | Valentina Ilyinykh | Soviet Union | 4:00.18 | |
| 5 | Grete Waitz |  Norway | 4:00.55 | NR |
| 6 | Gabriella Dorio |  Italy | 4:01.25 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Bruns |  East Germany | 4:02.20 | |
| 8 | Cornelia Bürki |  Switzerland | 4:04.60 | |
| 9 | Vesela Yatsinska | Bulgaria | 4:04.73 | |
| 10 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | Soviet Union | 4:06.6 | |
| 11 | Maricica Puică | Romania | 4:09.3 | |
| 12 | Christine Benning |  Great Britain | 4:11.5 |
Heats
1 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany | 4:11.50 | Q |
| 2 | Gabriella Dorio | Italy | 4:11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Vesela Yatsinska | Bulgaria | 4:11.7 | Q |
| 4 | Giana Romanova | Soviet Union | 4:11.8 | Q |
| 5 | Cornelia Bürki | Switzerland | 4:11.8 | Q |
| 6 | Brigitte Kraus |  West Germany | 4:11.9 | |
| 7 | Mary Stewart | Great Britain | 4:17.5 | |
| 8 | Tineke Kluft |  Netherlands | 4:17.7 | |
| 9 | Irén Lipcsei |  Hungary | 4:20.2 | |
| 10 | Fernande Schmitt |  Luxembourg | 4:31.3 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Mărăşescu | Romania | 4:05.76 | Q |
| 2 | Maricica Puică | Romania | 4:06.1 | Q |
| 3 | Valentina Ilyinykh | Soviet Union | 4:06.3 | Q |
| 4 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 4:06.3 | Q |
| 5 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | Soviet Union | 4:06.7 | Q |
| 6 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 4:07.2 | q |
| 7 | Christine Benning | Great Britain | 4:11.8 | q |
| 8 | Magdolna Lázár | Hungary | 4:14.4 | |
| 9 | Drahomíra Zvoníčková |  Czechoslovakia | 4:19.2 | |
| 10 | Véronique Renties |  France | 4:40.3 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 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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