1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

None Women's 1500 metres European Athletics Championships The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 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 Giana Romanova URS 1955Silver Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965Bronze Totka Petrova BUL 1971 Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Giana Romanova URS 1955 3:59.01 CR Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965 3:59.77 Totka Petrova BUL 1971 4:00.15 4 Valentina Ilyinykh URS 1955 4:00.18 5 Grete Waitz NOR 4:00.55 NR 6 Gabriella Dorio ITA 4:01.25 7 Ulrike Bruns GDR 4:02.20 8 Cornelia Bürki SUI 4:04.60 9 Vesela Yatsinska BUL 1971 4:04.73 10 Lyudmila Kalnitskaya URS 1955 4:06.6 11 Maricica Puică ROU 1965 4:09.3 12 Christine Benning GBR 4:11.5 Heats 1 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ulrike Bruns GDR 4:11.50 Q 2 Gabriella Dorio ITA 4:11.5 Q 3 Vesela Yatsinska BUL 1971 4:11.7 Q 4 Giana Romanova URS 1955 4:11.8 Q 5 Cornelia Bürki SUI 4:11.8 Q 6 Brigitte Kraus FRG 4:11.9 7 Mary Stewart GBR 4:17.5 8 Tineke Kluft NED 4:17.7 9 Irén Lipcsei HUN 1957 4:20.2 10 Fernande Schmitt LUX 4:31.3 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalia Mărăşescu ROU 1965 4:05.76 Q 2 Maricica Puică ROU 1965 4:06.1 Q 3 Valentina Ilyinykh URS 1955 4:06.3 Q 4 Grete Waitz NOR 4:06.3 Q 5 Lyudmila Kalnitskaya URS 1955 4:06.7 Q 6 Totka Petrova BUL 1971 4:07.2 q 7 Christine Benning GBR 4:11.8 q 8 Magdolna Lázár HUN 1957 4:14.4 9 Drahomíra Zvoníčková TCH 4:19.2 10 Véronique Renties FRA 4:40.3 Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (2) TCH (1) GDR (1) FRA (1) HUN 1957 (2) ITA (1) LUX (1) NED (1) NOR (1) ROU 1965 (2) URS 1955 (3) SUI (1) GBR (2) FRG (1) References Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships