1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres

None Women's 3000 metres European Athletics Championships The women's 3000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 427–435 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Svetlana Ulmasova URS 1955Silver Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965Bronze Grete Waitz NOR Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Svetlana Ulmasova URS 1955 8:33.16 CR Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965 8:33.53 Grete Waitz NOR 8:34.33 4 Maricica Puică ROU 1965 8:40.94 5 Giana Romanova URS 1955 8:45.74 6 Cornelia Bürki SUI 8:46.13 7 Raisa Belousova URS 1955 8:48.73 8 Paula Fudge GBR 8:48.74 9 Ann Ford GBR 8:53.08 10 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 9:02.87 11 Magdolna Lázár HUN 1957 9:05.14 12 Joëlle De Brouwer FRA 9:05.21 13 Glynis Penny GBR 9:08.9 14 Helena Ledvinová TCH 9:10.9 15 Mary Purcell IRL 9:11.9 16 Loa Olafsson DEN 9:12.0 17 Božena Sudická TCH 9:12.9 18 Bernadette Van Roy BEL 9:13.9 19 Deirdre Nagle IRL 9:21.9 20 Daniele Justin BEL 9:24.0 21 Carla Beurskens NED 9:25.5 22 Tineke Kluft NED 9:31.0 23 Carmen Valero ESP 1977 9:34.0 24 Miroslava Margoldová TCH 9:36.1 25 Connie Olsen DEN 9:40.6 26 Birgit Friedmann FRG DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (2) TCH (3) DEN (2) FRA (1) HUN 1957 (1) IRL (2) NED (2) NOR (2) ROU 1965 (2) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1977 (1) SUI (1) GBR (3) FRG (1) References Category:3000 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships