1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

None Men's discus throw European Athletics Championships The men's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 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 Wolfgang Schmidt GDRSilver Markku Tuokko FINBronze Imrich Bugár TCH Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 66.82 Markku Tuokko FIN 64.90 Imrich Bugár TCH 64.66 4 Velko Velev BUL 1971 64.56 5 Knut Hjeltnes NOR 63.76 6 Alwin Wagner FRG 62.70 7 Dmitriy Kovtsun URS 1955 61.84 8 Wolfgang Warnemünde GDR 61.28 9 Ferenc Tégla HUN 1957 60.22 10 Ihor Duhinets URS 1955 59.80 11 Óskar Jakobsson ISL 59.44 12 Silvano Simeon ITA 59.16 Qualification 2 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 67.20 CR Q 2 Wolfgang Warnemünde GDR 63.80 Q 3 Markku Tuokko FIN 62.82 Q 4 Knut Hjeltnes NOR 62.36 Q 5 Alwin Wagner FRG 62.04 Q 6 Ihor Duhinets URS 1955 61.52 Q 7 Imrich Bugár TCH 60.96 Q 8 Dmitriy Kovtsun URS 1955 60.96 Q 9 Óskar Jakobsson ISL 60.86 Q 10 Ferenc Tégla HUN 1957 59.82 Q 11 Velko Velev BUL 1971 59.62 Q 12 Silvano Simeon ITA 59.28 Q 13 Werner Hartmann FRG 59.14 14 Dariusz Juzyszyn POL 58.86 15 Ludvík Daněk TCH 58.60 16 Armando De Vincentiis ITA 58.20 17 Frédéric Piette FRA 57.54 18 Josef Šilhavý TCH 57.28 19 Juhani Tuomola FIN 56.38 20 János Faragó HUN 1957 56.14 Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (1) TCH (3) GDR (2) FIN (2) FRA (1) HUN 1957 (2) ISL (1) ITA (2) NOR (1) POL (1) URS 1955 (2) FRG (2) References Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships