1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 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 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRGSilver Karel Kolář TCHBronze Francis Demarthon FRA Results 1 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG 45.73 Karel Kolář TCH 45.77 NR Francis Demarthon FRA 45.97 4 Lothar Krieg FRG 46.22 5 Terry Whitehead GBR 46.23 6 Richard Ashton GBR 46.34 7 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.69 8 Jerzy Pietrzyk POL DNS Semi-finals 31 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jerzy Pietrzyk POL 46.27 Q 2 Karel Kolář TCH 46.28 Q 3 Lothar Krieg FRG 46.33 Q 4 Terry Whitehead GBR 46.69 Q 5 Glen Cohen GBR 46.91 6 Eddy De Leeuw BEL 47.17 7 Stefano Malinverni ITA 47.18 8 Maurice Volmar FRA 47.50 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.09 Q 2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG 46.18 Q 3 Francis Demarthon FRA 46.26 Q 4 Richard Ashton GBR 46.32 Q 5 Miroslav Tulis TCH 46.37 6 Ryszard Podlas POL 46.59 7 Viktor Burakov URS 1955 46.91 8 Jens Hansen DEN 47.35 Heats 30 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karel Kolář TCH 46.33 Q 2 Jerzy Pietrzyk POL 46.75 Q 3 Viktor Burakov URS 1955 47.18 Q 4 Željko Knapić SFR Yugoslavia 47.51 5 Ornélien Gombault FRA 47.91 6 Mike Bayle LUX 48.71 7 Alfons Brijdenbach BEL 53.05 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG 46.28 Q 2 Richard Ashton GBR 46.63 Q 3 Miroslav Tulis TCH 46.77 Q 4 Maurice Volmar FRA 46.94 q 5 Eddy De Leeuw BEL 47.27 q 6 Koen Gijsbers NED 47.65 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lothar Krieg FRG 46.57 Q 2 Francis Demarthon FRA 46.73 Q 3 Glen Cohen GBR 47.05 Q 4 Jens Hansen DEN 47.28 q 5 Rijk Van den Berghe BEL 47.55 6 Ossi Karttunen FIN 48.02 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.50 Q 2 Terry Whitehead GBR 46.61 Q 3 Ryszard Podlas POL 46.81 Q 4 Stefano Malinverni ITA 47.03 q 5 Markku Kukkoaho FIN 47.33 6 Frank Schaffer GDR 47.59 Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (3) TCH (2) DEN (1) GDR (1) FIN (2) FRA (3) ITA (1) LUX (1) NED (1) POL (2) URS 1955 (1) GBR (3) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships