1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

GoldPietro Mennea
 Italy
SilverEugen Ray
 East Germany
BronzeVladimir Ignatenko
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August Wind: 0.0m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
7Pietro Mennea Italy10.27
6Eugen Ray East Germany10.36
1Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union10.37
44Petar Petrov Bulgaria10.41
58Leszek Dunecki Poland10.43
63Allan Wells Great Britain10.45
72Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union10.46
85Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union10.55

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pietro Mennea Italy10.26Q
2Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union10.45Q
3Petar Petrov Bulgaria10.46Q
4Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union10.53Q
5Marian Woronin Poland10.54
6Kenth Rönn Sweden10.63
7Stefano Curini Italy10.72
8Lambert Micha Belgium10.74

Semi-final 2

Wind: -0.8m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Eugen Ray East Germany10.30Q
2Leszek Dunecki Poland10.38Q
3Allan Wells Great Britain10.38Q
4Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union10.43Q
5Giovanni Grazioli Italy10.58
6Lambros Kefalas Greece10.60
7Joseph Arame France10.64
8Dragan Zarić Yugoslavia10.69

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Allan Wells Great Britain10.40Q
2Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union10.50Q
3Joseph Arame France10.59Q
4Lambert Micha Belgium10.63Q
5Franco Fähndrich  Switzerland10.64
6Ladislav Latocha Czechoslovakia10.73
7Ivaylo Karanyotov Bulgaria10.78

Heat 2

Wind: 0m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pietro Mennea Italy10.19CR Q
2Leszek Dunecki Poland10.31Q
3Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union10.38Q
4Dragan Zarić Yugoslavia10.59Q
5Ronald Desruelles Belgium10.60
6Stefan Nilsson Sweden10.62
7Otakar Wild Czechoslovakia10.73

Heat 3

Wind: 0m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Eugen Ray East Germany10.30Q
2Marian Woronin Poland10.50Q
3Stefano Curini Italy10.58Q
4Kenth Rönn Sweden10.58Q
5Pierrick Thessard France10.79
6Gernot Massing Austria10.86
7Veselin Panov Bulgaria10.90

Heat 4

Wind: 0m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Petar Petrov Bulgaria10.44Q
2Nikolay Kolesnikov Soviet Union10.49Q
3Lambros Kefalas Greece10.53Q
4Giovanni Grazioli Italy10.55Q
5Alexander Thieme East Germany10.55
6Zdeněk Mazur Czechoslovakia10.73
7Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson Iceland10.76

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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