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1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 400 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]

Medalists

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Gold Christiane Marquardt
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch
 East Germany
Silver Tatyana Prorochenko
Nadezhda Mushta
Tatyana Providokhina
Mariya Kulchunova
 Soviet Union
Bronze Małgorzata Gajewska
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Genowefa Błaszak
Irena Szewińska
 Poland

Results

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Final

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3 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany Christiane Marquardt
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch
3:21.20 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko
Nadezhda Mushta
Tatyana Providokhina
Mariya Kulchunova
3:22.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland Małgorzata Gajewska
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Genowefa Błaszak
Irena Szewińska
3:26.76
4  Great Britain Karen Williams
Joslyn Hoyte
Verona Elder
Donna Murray
3:27.17
5  West Germany Elke Decker
Elke Barth
Gaby Bussmann
Silvia Hollmann
3:27.96
6  Czechoslovakia Jarmila Kratochvílová
Jindřiška Kubečková
Eva Ráková
Jozefína Čerchlanová
3:30.4
7  Romania Maria Samungi
Doina Badescu
Mariana Suman
Elena Tărîță
3:30.7
8  Hungary Eva Mohacsi
Rozalia Halmosi
Irén Orosz
Ilona Pál
3:32.2

Heats

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2 September

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko
Nadezhda Mushta
Tatyana Providokhina
Mariya Kulchunova
3:24.2 CR Q
2  Great Britain Karen Williams
Joslyn Hoyte
Verona Elder
Donna Murray
3:29.0 Q
3  Hungary Eva Mohacsi
Rozalia Halmosi
Irén Orosz
Ilona Pál
3:30.7 Q
4  Czechoslovakia Eva Ráková
Jindřiška Kubečková
Jozefína Čerchlanová
Jarmila Kratochvílová
3:31.2 Q
5  France Catherine Delachanal
Martine Jacquemin
Danièle Lairloup
Patricia Darbonville
3:33.8
6  Netherlands Tilly Verhoef
Truus van Amstel
Coby Körmeling
Wilma Hillen
3:34.7

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Christiane Marquardt
Barbara Krug
Christina Brehmer
Marita Koch
3:27.7 Q
2  West Germany Elke Decker
Elke Barth
Gaby Bussmann
Silvia Hollmann
3:30.9 Q
3  Poland Małgorzata Gajewska
Genowefa Błaszak
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Irena Szewińska
3:31.2 Q
4  Romania Maria Samungi
Doina Badescu
Mariana Suman
Elena Tărîță
3:31.8 Q
5  Finland Yvonne Hannus
Barbro Lindström
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
Pirjo Häggman
3:32.2
6  Belgium Anne Michel
Rosine Wallez
Anne-Marie Van Nuffel
Lea Alaerts
3:33.4

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 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