1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

None Men's 400 metres hurdles European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29, 30, and 31 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 Harald Schmid FRGSilver Dmitriy Stukalov URS 1955Bronze Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS 1955 Results Final 31 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Harald Schmid FRG 48.51 CR Dmitriy Stukalov URS 1955 49.72 Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS 1955 49.77 4 Franz Meier SUI 49.84 5 Harry Schulting NED 50.07 6 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 50.10 7 José Alonso ESP 1977 50.19 8 Horia Toboc ROU 1965 50.46 Semi-finals 30 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid FRG 50.07 Q 2 José Alonso ESP 1977 50.32 Q 3 Horia Toboc ROU 1965 50.42 Q 4 Dmitriy Stukalov URS 1955 50.51 Q 5 Stavros Tziortzis GRE 50.83 6 Peter Haas SUI 51.29 7 Axel Salander FRG 51.63 8 Yanko Bratanov BUL 1971 52.39 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS 1955 49.92 Q 2 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 49.98 Q 3 Franz Meier SUI 50.12 Q 4 Harry Schulting NED 50.22 Q 5 Georgios Parris GRE 50.66 6 Rok Kopitar SFR Yugoslavia 50.98 7 Lars-Åke Welander SWE 50.99 8 Thomas Löwe FRG 51.96 Heats 29 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dmitriy Stukalov URS 1955 50.35 Q 2 Harry Schulting NED 50.39 Q 3 Peter Haas SUI 50.45 Q 4 José Carvalho POR 51.02 5 Christer Gullstrand SWE 51.03 6 Gary Oakes GBR 52.08 7 Felix Rummele AUT 52.13 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Löwe FRG 50.34 Q 2 Yanko Bratanov BUL 1971 50.45 Q 3 Horia Toboc ROU 1965 50.75 Q 4 Oleg Bulatkin URS 1955 50.90 5 Claude Anicet FRA 51.68 6 Miroslav Kodejš TCH 51.98 7 Bill Hartley GBR 52.15 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid FRG 49.78 Q 2 Rok Kopitar SFR Yugoslavia 50.43 Q 3 Georgios Parris GRE 50.45 Q 4 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 50.49 q 5 Alan Pascoe GBR 50.95 6 Ladislav Kárský TCH 51.38 7 Lars Nilsen DEN 51.48 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS 1955 50.15 Q 2 José Alonso ESP 1977 50.27 Q 3 Stavros Tziortzis GRE 50.49 Q 4 Axel Salander FRG 50.55 q 5 Franz Meier SUI 50.66 q 6 Lars-Åke Welander SWE 50.72 q Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BUL 1971 (1) TCH (2) DEN (1) FRA (2) GRE (2) NED (1) POR (1) ROU 1965 (1) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1977 (1) SWE (2) SUI (2) GBR (3) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships