1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None Men's 4 × 400 metres relay European Athletics Championships The men's 4 × 400 metres relay 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 Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald SchmidFRGSilver Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard PodlasPOLBronze Josef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaMiroslav TulisKarel KolářTCH Results Final 3 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes FRG Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald Schmid 3:02.03 CR POL Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard Podlas 3:03.62 TCH Josef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaMiroslav TulisKarel Kolář 3:03.99 4 SUI Rolf StrittmatterPeter HaasKonstantin VogtRolf Gisler 3:04.29 5 GDR Frank RichterGünther ArnoldAndreas BusseJürgen Pfennig 3:04.39 6 FRA Maurice VolmarGérard BouttierHector LlatserFrancis Demarthon 3:05.63 7 ITA Roberto TozziDaniele ZaniniStefano MalinverniPietro Mennea 3:06.7 8 SFR Yugoslavia Rok KopitarDragan ŽivotićMilovan SavićŽeljko Knapić 3:06.9 Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 POL Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard Podlas 3:06.45 Q 2 SUI Rolf StrittmatterPeter HaasKonstantin VogtRolf Gisler 3:06.6 Q 3 TCH Miroslav TulisJosef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaKarel Kolář 3:07.1 Q 4 NED Raymond HeerenveenKoen GijsbersMarcel KlarenbeekHarry Schulting 3:07.6 5 BEL Eddy De LeeuwJacques BorléeRik HermansRik Vandenberghe 3:08.0 6 GBR Terry WhiteheadGlen CohenDavid JenkinsRichard Ashton 3:39.9 Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 FRG Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald Schmid 3:05.97 Q 2 ITA Roberto TozziDaniele ZaniniStefano MalinverniPietro Mennea 3:06.5 Q 3 FRA Maurice VolmarGérard BouttierHector LlatserFrancis Demarthon 3:06.6 Q 4 GDR Frank RichterGünther ArnoldAndreas BusseJürgen Pfennig 3:06.8 q 5 SFR Yugoslavia Rok KopitarDragan ŽivotićMilovan SavićŽeljko Knapić 3:07.1 q 6 FIN Heikki HämäläinenMarkku KukkoahoAntti RajamäkiMarkku Taskinen DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (4) TCH (4) GDR (4) FIN (4) FRA (4) ITA (4) NED (4) POL (4) SUI (4) GBR (4) FRG (4) SFR Yugoslavia (4) References Category:4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships