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

The men'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

GoldMartin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
 West Germany
SilverJerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
 Poland
BronzeJosef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

3 September

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
 West GermanyMartin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:02.03CR
 PolandJerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:03.62
 CzechoslovakiaJosef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
3:03.99
4  SwitzerlandRolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:04.29
5 East GermanyFrank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:04.39
6 FranceMaurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:05.63
7 ItalyRoberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.7
8 YugoslaviaRok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:06.9

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 PolandJerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:06.45Q
2  SwitzerlandRolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:06.6Q
3 CzechoslovakiaMiroslav Tulis
Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Karel Kolář
3:07.1Q
4 NetherlandsRaymond Heerenveen
Koen Gijsbers
Marcel Klarenbeek
Harry Schulting
3:07.6
5 BelgiumEddy De Leeuw
Jacques Borlée
Rik Hermans
Rik Vandenberghe
3:08.0
6 Great BritainTerry Whitehead
Glen Cohen
David Jenkins
Richard Ashton
3:39.9

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 West GermanyMartin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:05.97Q
2 ItalyRoberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.5Q
3 FranceMaurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:06.6Q
4 East GermanyFrank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:06.8q
5 YugoslaviaRok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:07.1q
 FinlandHeikki Hämäläinen
Markku Kukkoaho
Antti Rajamäki
Markku Taskinen
DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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