1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

None Women's 400 metres European Athletics Championships Stadion Evžena Rošického Prague, Czechoslovakia 29, 30, and 31 August 1978 25 13 48.94 s WR Marita Koch GDR Christina Brehmer GDR Irena Szewińska POL 1974 1982 The women's 400 metres 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 Results Heats 29 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marita Koch GDR 52.95 Q 2 Irena Szewińska POL 53.14 Q 3 Ilona Pál HUN 1957 53.42 Q 4 Patricia Darbonville FRA 53.50 q 5 Rosine Wallez BEL 53.99 6 Anne Aren SWE 54.37 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christiane Marquardt GDR 52.12 Q 2 Joslyn Hoyte GBR 52.29 Q 3 Gaby Bussmann FRG 52.92 Q 4 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH 53.33 q 5 Marina Sidorova URS 1955 53.72 q 6 Yvonne Hannus FIN 53.98 7 Ibolya Petrika HUN 1957 54.01 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christina Brehmer GDR 51.71 Q 2 Verona Elder GBR 52.64 Q 3 Pirjo Häggman FIN 52.68 Q 4 Elke Decker FRG 52.97 q 5 Catherine Delachanal FRA 53.81 6 Truus van Amstel NED 54.37 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariya Kulchunova URS 1955 51.55 Q 2 Dagmar Fuhrmann FRG 53.45 Q 3 Donna Hartley GBR 53.61 Q 4 Silvia Schinzel AUT 53.80 5 Rozalia Halmosi HUN 1957 53.93 6 Eva Ráková TCH 54.00 Semi-finals 30 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marita Koch GDR 51.76 Q 2 Mariya Kulchunova URS 1955 51.88 Q 3 Donna Hartley GBR 52.14 Q 4 Pirjo Häggman FIN 52.24 Q 5 Elke Decker FRG 52.92 6 Joslyn Hoyte GBR 52.95 7 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH 53.93 8 Patricia Darbonville FRA 54.47 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christina Brehmer GDR 52.01 Q 2 Christiane Marquardt GDR 52.29 Q 3 Irena Szewińska POL 52.37 Q 4 Verona Elder GBR 52.65 Q 5 Gaby Bussmann FRG 52.66 6 Dagmar Fuhrmann FRG 53.23 7 Ilona Pál HUN 1957 53.50 8 Marina Sidorova URS 1955 54.08 Final 31 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marita Koch GDR 48.94 WR Christina Brehmer GDR 50.38 Irena Szewińska POL 50.40 4 Mariya Kulchunova URS 1955 51.25 5 Christiane Marquardt GDR 51.99 6 Donna Hartley GBR 52.31 7 Pirjo Häggman FIN 52.46 8 Verona Elder GBR 52.53 References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships