1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 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

GoldZenon Nowosz
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
 Poland
SilverManfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Olaf Prenzler
Alexander Thieme
 East Germany
BronzeSergey Vladimirtsev
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Ignatenko
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

3 September

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 PolandZenon Nowosz
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
38.58CR
 East GermanyManfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Olaf Prenzler
Alexander Thieme
38.78
 Soviet UnionSergey Vladimirtsev
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Ignatenko
38.82
4 FrancePatrick Barré
Pascal Barré
Lucien Sainte-Rose
Hermann Panzo
38.90
5 ItalyGiovanni Grazioli
Luciano Caravani
Stefano Curini
Pietro Mennea
39.11
6 Great BritainTrevor Hoyte
Allan Wells
Cameron Sharp
Steve Green
39.49
7  SwitzerlandFranco Fähndrich
Urs Gisler
Peter Muster
Hansjörg Ziegler
39.56
8 BelgiumRonald Desruelles
Hans van den Daele
Danny Roelandt
Lambert Micha
39.73

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 PolandZenon Nowosz
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
39.20Q
2 ItalyGiovanni Grazioli
Luciano Caravani
Stefano Curini
Pietro Mennea
39.51Q
3  SwitzerlandFranco Fähndrich
Urs Gisler
Peter Muster
Hansjörg Ziegler
39.87Q
4 Great BritainTrevor Hoyte
Allan Wells
Cameron Sharp
Steve Green
40.08Q
5 CzechoslovakiaJan Cheben
Otakar Wild
Marián Králik
Luděk Bohman
40.43

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 East GermanyManfred Kokot
Eugen Ray
Olaf Prenzler
Alexander Thieme
39.05Q
2 Soviet UnionSergey Vladimirtsev
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Vladimir Ignatenko
39.21Q
3 FrancePatrick Barré
Pascal Barré
Lucien Sainte-Rose
Hermann Panzo
39.45Q
4 BelgiumRonald Desruelles
Danny Roelandt
Hans van den Daele
Lambert Micha
40.16Q
 BulgariaIvaylo Karanyotov
Vladimir Ivanov
Veselin Panov
Petar Petrov
DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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