European Championships

Prague 1978

29 August - 3 September
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Men's results

100 m.

1.
 Pietro Mennea
Italy
10'' 27
2.
 Eugen Ray
German D.R.
10'' 36
3.
 Vladimir Ignatienko
Soviet Union 
10'' 31

200 m.

1.
 Pietro Mennea
Italy
20'' 16
2.
 Olaf Prenzler
German D.R.
20'' 61
3.
 Peter Muster
Switzerland
20'' 64

400 m.

1.
 Franz Peter Hofmeister
F.R.of Germany
45'' 73
2.
 Karol Kolar
Czechoslovakia
45'' 77
3.
 Francois Demarthon
France
45'' 97

800 m.

1.
 Olaf Beyer
German D.R.
1' 43'' 84
2.
 Steve Ovett
Great Britain & NI
1' 44'' 09
3.
 Sebastian Coe
Great Britain & NI
1' 44'' 76

1.500 m.

1.
 Steve Ovett
Great Britain & NI
3' 35'' 59
2.
 Eamon Coghlan
Ireland
3' 36'' 57
3.
 David Moorcroft
Great Britain & NI
3' 36'' 70

5.000 m.

1.
 Venanzio Ortis
Italy 
13' 28'' 57
2=
 Markus Ryffel
Switzerland
13' 28'' 66
2=
 Aleksandr Fedotkin
Soviet Union
13' 28'' 66

10.000 m.

1.
 Martti Vainio
Finland
27' 30'' 99
2.
 Venanzio Ortis 
Italy
27' 31'' 48
3.
 Aleksandr Antipov
Soviet Union
27' 31'' 5

Marathon

1.
 Leonid Moseyev
Soviet Union
2: 11' 57'' 5
2.
 Nikolae Penzin
Soviet Union
2: 11' 59'' 0
3.
 Karel Lismont
Belgium
2: 12' 07'' 7

110 m. hurdles

1.
 Thomas Munkelt
German D.R. 
13'' 44
2.
 Jan Pusty
Poland
13'' 55
3.
 Arto Bryggare
Finland
13'' 56

400 m. hurdles

1.
 Harald Schmid
F.R. of Germany
48'' 51
2.
 Dmiti Stukalov
Soviet Union
49'' 72
3.
 Vasiliy Arkhipenko
Soviet Union
49'' 77

3.000 m. steeple

1.
 Bronislaw Malinowski
Poland
8' 15'' 08
2.
 Patriz Ilg
F.R. of Germany
8' 16'' 92
3.
 Ismo Tuokonen
Finland
8' 18'' 29

High Jump

1.
 Vladimir Yashchenko
Soviet Union
2, 30 m.
2.
 Aleksandr Grigoryev
Soviet Union
2, 28 m.
3.
 Rolf Beilschmidt
German D.R.
2, 28 m.

Long Jump

1.
 Jacques Rousseau
France
8, 18 m.
2.
 Nenad Stecic
Yugoslavia
8, 12 m.
3.
 Vladimir Tsepelyov
Soviet Union
8, 01 m.

Pole Vault

1.
 Vladimir Trofimenko
Soviet Union
5, 55 m.
2.
 Antti Kalliomaki 
Finland
5, 50 m.
3.
 Rauli Pudas
Finland
5, 45 m.

Triple Jump

1.
 Milos Srejovic
Yugoslavia
16, 94 m.
2.
 Viktor Saneyev
Soviet Union
16, 93 m.
3.
 Anatoliy Piskulin
Soviet Union
16, 87 m.

Shot Put

1.
 Udo Beyer
German D.R.
21, 08 m.
2.
 Yevgeniy Mironov
Soviet Union
20, 87 m.
3.
 Aleksandr Baryshnikov
Soviet Union
20, 68 m.

Discus Throw

1.
 Wolfgang Schmidt
German D.R.
66, 82 m.
2.
 Markku Tuokko
Finland
64, 90 m.
3.
 Imrich Bugar
Czechoslovakia
64, 66 m.

Javelin Throw

1.
 Michael Wessing
F.R. of Germany 
89, 12 m.
2.
 Nikolay Grebniev
Soviet Union
87, 82 m.
3.
 Wolfgang Hanisch
German D.R.
87, 66 m.

Hammer Throw

1.
 Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union
77, 28 m.
2.
 Roland Steuk
German D.R.
77, 24 m.
3.
 Karl Hans Riehm 
F.R. of Germany
77, 02 m.

Decathlon

1.
 Aleksandr Grebenyuk
Soviet Union 
8. 340 p.
2.
 Daley Thomson
Great Britain & NI
8. 289 p.
3.
 Siegfried Stark
German D.R.
8.208 p.

20.000 m. Walk

1.
 Ronald Wieser
German D.R.
1: 23' 11'' 5
2.
 Pyotr Pochenchuk
Soviet Union
1: 23' 43'' 0
3.
 Anatoly Solomin
Soviet Union
1: 24' 11'' 5

50.000 m. Walk

1.
 Jorge Llopart
Spain 
3: 53' 29'' 9
2.
 Venjamin Soldatenko
Soviet Union
3: 55' 12'' 1
3.
 Jan Ornoch
Poland
3: 55' 15'' 9

4 X 100 m.

1.
  
Poland 
38'' 58
2.
  
German D.R.
38'' 78
3.
Soviet Union
38'' 82

4 X 400 m.

1.
  
F.R. of Germany 
3' 02'' 03
2.
  
Poland
3' 03'' 62
3.
Czechoslovakia
3' 04'' 99