1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
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Article ImagesThe women's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.[1]
Women's javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
Gold | Ruth Fuchs East Germany |
Silver | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain |
Bronze | Ute Hommola East Germany |
Results
Final
1 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Ruth Fuchs | East Germany | 69.16 | AR | |
Tessa Sanderson | Great Britain | 62.40 | ||
Ute Hommola | East Germany | 62.32 | ||
4 | Ute Richter | East Germany | 62.04 | |
5 | Éva Ráduly-Zörgő | Romania | 61.14 | |
6 | Eva Helmschmidt | West Germany | 60.96 | |
7 | Ingrid Thyssen | West Germany | 60.18 | |
8 | Bernadetta Blechacz | Poland | 60.14 | |
9 | Nina Nikanorova | Soviet Union | 57.50 | |
10 | Jadvyga Putinienė | Soviet Union | 57.28 | |
11 | Elena Burgárová | Czechoslovakia | 57.22 | |
12 | Ivanka Vancheva | Bulgaria | 53.10 |
Qualification
31 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | Nina Nikanorova | Soviet Union | 63.18 | Q |
2 | Ruth Fuchs | East Germany | 60.36 | Q |
3 | Éva Ráduly-Zörgő | Romania | 59.84 | Q |
4 | Jadvyga Putinienė | Soviet Union | 59.84 | Q |
5 | Ingrid Thyssen | West Germany | 59.62 | Q |
6 | Ivanka Vancheva | Bulgaria | 59.34 | Q |
7 | Tessa Sanderson | Great Britain | 59.04 | Q |
8 | Ute Richter | East Germany | 59.00 | Q |
9 | Eva Helmschmidt | West Germany | 58.74 | Q |
10 | Bernadetta Blechacz | Poland | 58.38 | Q |
11 | Elena Burgárová | Czechoslovakia | 57.40 | Q |
12 | Ute Hommola | East Germany | 57.18 | Q |
13 | Sofia Sakorafa | Greece | 56.76 | |
14 | Tsvetanka Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 54.72 | |
15 | Giuliana Amici | Italy | 52.66 | |
16 | Lidia Berkhout | Netherlands | 52.14 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- Bulgaria (2)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (3)
- Greece (1)
- Italy (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Poland (1)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014