1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

None Men's javelin throw European Athletics Championships The men's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 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 Medalists Gold Michael Wessing FRGSilver Nikolay Grebnyev URS 1955Bronze Wolfgang Hanisch GDR Results Final 30 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Michael Wessing FRG 89.12 Nikolay Grebnyev URS 1955 87.82 Wolfgang Hanisch GDR 87.66 4 Detlef Michel GDR 85.46 5 Helmut Schreiber FRG 83.58 6 Miklós Németh HUN 83.58 7 Piotr Bielczyk POL 81.80 8 Terje Thorslund NOR 80.42 9 Ferenc Paragi HUN 79.08 10 Sándor Boros HUN 78.78 11 Pentti Sinersaari FIN 77.10 12 Seppo Hovinen FIN 73.08 13 Antero Puranen FIN 72.74 14 Vasiliy Yershov URS 1955 DQ Doping† †: Vasiliy Yershov ranked initially 5th (85.06m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules. Holt John B. April 26–28, 1979 International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf IAAF 353–354 September 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725171426/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf July 25, 2018 dead Qualification 29 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Ferenc Paragi HUN 86.04 Q 2 Nikolay Grebnyev URS 1955 85.18 Q 3 Helmut Schreiber FRG 85.16 Q 4 Wolfgang Hanisch GDR 84.50 Q 5 Antero Puranen FIN 84.42 Q 6 Miklós Németh HUN 83.48 Q 7 Sándor Boros HUN 83.22 Q 8 Pentti Sinersaari FIN 82.46 Q 9 Michael Wessing FRG 81.84 Q 10 Seppo Hovinen FIN 80.94 Q 11 Detlef Michel GDR 80.48 Q 12 Terje Thorslund NOR 80.22 Q 13 Piotr Bielczyk POL 80.06 Q 14 Kenth Eldebrink SWE 78.60 15 Bjørn Grimnes NOR 78.58 16 Josef Hanák TCH 78.56 17 Raimo Pihl SWE 78.42 18 Per-Eric Smiding SWE 76.36 19 Peter Yates GBR 75.82 20 Tomáš Babiak TCH 75.20 21 Tudorel Pirvu ROU 1965 75.14 22 Vincenzo Marchetti ITA 71.80 23 Vasiliy Yershov URS 1955 DQ Q† †: Vasiliy Yershov initially reached the final, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules. Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em TCH (2) GDR (2) FIN (3) HUN 1957 (3) ITA (1) NOR (2) POL (1) ROU 1965 (1) SWE (3) URS 1955 (2) GBR (1) FRG (2) References Category:Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships