1978 in the sport of athletics

none 1978 in athletics 1977 1979 1978 the sport of athletics In 1978, the foremost international competitions in the sport of athletics were the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 1978 European Athletics Championships.IAAF World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.European Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07. High-profile athletics competitions were also held at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games and the 1978 Asian Games.All-Africa Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.Commonwealth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07. Among the most prominent athletes that year was Kenya's Henry Rono who, in the space of 81 days, broke four world records: the 10,000 m (27:22.5), the 5000 m (13:08.4), the 3000 m steeplechase (8:05.4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SPZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6437%2C5731014 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Payne Bob Henry Rono: Rival runners know he's world's greatest November 12, 1978 C1https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/12/03/rono-is-all-revved-up-for-moscow-in-a-big-hill-and-dale-week-henry-rono-showed-he-was-set-to-go-in-the-Olympics https://web.archive.org/web/20201203044919/https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/12/03/rono-is-all-revved-up-for-moscow-in-a-big-hill-and-dale-week-henry-rono-showed-he-was-set-to-go-in-the-olympics dead December 3, 2020 Sports Illustrated Marshall Joe Rono is all revved for Moscow December 3, 1979 98 In the course of the season East German Marita Koch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and breaking the 400 m three times, concluding the run with a time of 48.94 to win the European title.http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html World Record Progression (Women) Matti Koskimies 1 January 2012 12 January 2012 Major events World World Cross Country Championships 1978 World Military Track and Field Championships 1978 Commonwealth Games Regional 1978 All-Africa Games 1978 Asian Games 1978 Balkan Athletics Championships 1978 CARIFTA Games 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games 1978 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics 1978 European Athletics Championships 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1978 European Champion Clubs Cup 1978 South American Junior Championships in Athletics 1978 South American Youth Championships in Athletics 1978 Southern Cross Games National 1978 Italian Athletics Championships 1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1978 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships 1978 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships 1978 UK Athletics Championships 1978 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1978 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet Marathons 1978 Avon International Marathon 1978 Berlin Marathon 1978 Chicago Marathon 1978 New York City Marathon World records Men Event Performance Athlete Nation Meeting Place Date3000 m 7:32.1 Henry Rono Oslo 1978-06-27 5000 m 13:08.4 Henry Rono Berkeley 1978-04-08 10,000 m 27:22.47 Henry Rono Vienna 1978-06-11 3000 m steeplechase 8:05.4 Henry Rono Seattle 1978-05-13 High jump 2.34 Vladimir Yashchenko Tbilisi 1978-06-16 Pole vault 5.71 Mike Tully Corvallis 1978-05-19Discus throw 71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt Berlin 1978-08-09Hammer throw 80.32 Karl-Hans Riehm Heidenheim 1978-08-06 80.14 Boris Zaitchouk Moscow 1978-07-09 Women Event Performance Athlete Nation Meeting Place Date200 m 22.06 Marita Koch Erfurt 1978-05-28400 m 48.94 Marita Koch 1978 European Athletics Championships Prague 1978-08-3149.03 Marita Koch Potsdam 1978-08-1949.19 Marita Koch Leipzig 1978-07-02 100 m hurdles 12.48 Grażyna Rabsztyn Fürth 1978-06-10 400 m hurdles 54.89 Tatyana Zelentsova 1978 European Athletics Championships Prague 1978-09-024 × 100 metres relay 42.27 Johanna KlierMonika HamannCarla BodendorfMarlies Göhr Potsdam 1978-08-19High jump 2.01 Sara Simeoni Brescia 1978-08-042.01 Sara Simeoni 1978 European Athletics Championships Prague 1978-08-31 Long jump 7.09 Vilma Bardauskienė 1978 European Athletics Championships Prague 1978-08-297.07 Vilma Bardauskienė Kishinyov 1978-08-18 Discus throw 70.72 Evelin Jahl Dresden 1978-08-12 Season's bests 100 metres Clancy Edwards USAEddie Hart USASteve Williams USA 10.07 Marlies Göhr GDR 10.94 200 metres Clancy Edwards USA 20.03 Marita Koch GDR 22.06 WR400 metres Alberto Juantorena CUB 44.27 Marita Koch GDR 48.94 WR800 metres Olaf Beyer GDR 1:43.84 Tatyana Providokhina URS 1:55.80 1500 metres David Moorcroft GBR 3:35.48 Giana Romanova URS 3:59.01 Mile run Thomas Wessinghage FRG 3:52.50 Grete Waitz NOR 4:26.90 3000 metres Henry Rono KEN 7:32.1 WR Grete Waitz NOR 8:32.1 5000 metres Henry Rono KEN 13:08.4 WR —10,000 metres Henry Rono KEN 27:22.47 WR —Marathon Shigeru So JPN 2:09:05.6 Julie Brown USA 2:36:23.1 100/110 metres hurdles Greg Foster USA 13.22 Grażyna Rabsztyn POL 12.48 WR400 metres hurdles Edwin Moses USA 47.94 Tatyana Zelentsova URS 54.89 3000 metres steeplechase Henry Rono KEN 8:05.4 —High jump Vladimir Yashchenko URS 2.34 m Sara Simeoni ITA 2.01 m WRPole vault Mike Tully USA 5.71 m WR —Long jump Nenad Stekić YUG 8.32 m Vilma Bardauskienė URS 7.09 m WRTriple jump João Carlos de Oliveira BRA 17.44 m —Shot put Udo Beyer GDR 22.15 m Ilona Slupianek GDR 22.06 m Discus throw Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 71.16 m WR Evelin Jahl GDR 70.72 m WRHammer throw Karl-Hans Riehm FRG 80.32 m WR —Javelin throw Michael Wessing FRG 94.22 m Ruth Fuchs GDR 69.16 m Decathlon Guido Kratschmer FRG 8493 pts —4 × 100 metres relay Tobias StridersGuy Abrahams PANMichael Simmons USADon Quarrie JAMJames Gilkes GUY 38.55 East GermanyJohanna KlierMonika HamannCarla BodendorfMarlies Göhr 42.27 WR4 × 400 metres relay Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald Schmid 3:02.03 East GermanyChristiane MarquardtBarbara KrugChristina LathanMarita Koch 3:21.20 Notes References http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/yt/index_Men.html#1979 Season Bests by Year (Men) Matti Koskimies 1 January 2012 12 January 2012 http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/yt/index_Women.html#1979 Season Bests by Year (Women) Matti Koskimies 1 January 2012 12 January 2012 http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Men.html World Record Progression (Men) Matti Koskimies 1 January 2012 12 January 2012 http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html World Record Progression (Women) Matti Koskimies 1 January 2012 12 January 2012 World Marathon Rankings for 1978July 2026 InternetArchiveBot . 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