1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 9th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Palasport di San Siro in Milan, a city in Italy, between 11–12 March 1978. It was the first time the championships were held in Italy.
| 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11–12 March 1978 |
| Host city | Milan Italy |
| Venue | Palasport di San Siro |
| Events | 19 |
| Participation | 252 athletes from 25 nations |
| Records set | 1 WR, 7 CR |
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
 Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS) | 6.64 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Petar Petrov (BUL) | 6.66 | Aleksandr Aksinin (URS) | 6.73 |
| 400 metres |
Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 46.51 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ryszard Podlas (POL) | 46.55 | Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS) | 46.72 |
| 800 metres |
 Markku Taskinen (FIN) | 1:47.35 NR |  Olaf Beyer (GDR) | 1:47.68 |  Roger Milhau (FRA) | 1:47.8a |
| 1500 metres |
Antti Loikkanen (FIN) | 3:38.16 CR |  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 3:38.23 | Jürgen Straub (GDR) | 3:40.2a |
| 3000 metres |
 Markus Ryffel (SUI) | 7:49.5a | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Emiel Puttemans (BEL) | 7:49.9a | Jörg Peter (GDR) | 7:50.1a |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Thomas Munkelt (GDR) | 7.62 =CR | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS) | 7.72 | Giuseppe Buttari (ITA) | 7.86 |
| High jump |
Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | 2.35 WR | Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) | 2.29 | Wolfgang Killing (FRG) | 2.27 |
| Pole vault |
Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) | 5.45 | Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) | 5.40 | Vladimir Sergiyenko (URS) | 5.40 |
| Long jump |
 László Szalma (HUN) | 7.83 | Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 7.75 | Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS) | 7.73 |
| Triple jump |
Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) | 16.82 |  Keith Connor (GBR) | 16.53 | Aleksandr Yakovlev (URS) | 16.47 |
| Shot put |
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) | 20.48 | Władysław Komar (POL) | 20.16 | Geoff Capes (GBR) | 20.11 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | 7.12 CR |  Linda Haglund (SWE) | 7.18 NR | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | 7.27 |
| 400 metres |
Marina Sidorova (URS) | 52.42 | Rita Bottiglieri (ITA) | 53.18 |  Karoline Käfer (AUT) | 53.56 |
| 800 metres |
Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | 2:02.3a | Totka Petrova (BUL) | 2:02.5a | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mariana Suman (ROM) | 2:03.4a |
| 1500 metres |
Ileana Silai (ROM) | 4:07.1a CR | Natalia Marasescu (ROM) | 4:07.4a | Brigitte Kraus (FRG) | 4:07.6a |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Johanna Klier (GDR) | 7.94 CR | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 8.07 | Silvia Kempin (FRG) | 8.15 |
| High jump |
Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.94 CR | Brigitte Holzapfel (FRG) | 1.91 | Urszula Kielan (POL) | 1.88 |
| Long jump |
 Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) | 6.62 | Ildikó Erdélyi (HUN) | 6.49 | Sue Reeve (GBR) | 6.48 |
| Shot put |
Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.67 | Margitta Droese (GDR) | 19.77 | Eva Wilms (FRG) | 19.24 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 nations) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
Participating nations
- Austria (4)
- Belgium (6)
- Bulgaria (13)
- Czechoslovakia (11)
- East Germany (14)
- Finland (10)
- France (18)
- Great Britain (10)
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Greece (2)- Hungary (8)
Iceland (3)- Italy (29)
Liechtenstein (1)
Netherlands (7)
Norway (2)- Poland (22)
Portugal (1)- Romania (6)
- Soviet Union (31)
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Spain (7)- Sweden (6)
- Switzerland (6)
Turkey (3)- West Germany (26)
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Yugoslavia (6)
References
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA
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