1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

None Women's javelin throw European Athletics Championships The women's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 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 Ruth Fuchs GDRSilver Tessa Sanderson GBRBronze Ute Hommola GDR Results Final 1 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ruth Fuchs GDR 69.16 AR Tessa Sanderson GBR 62.40 Ute Hommola GDR 62.32 4 Ute Richter GDR 62.04 5 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő ROU 1965 61.14 6 Eva Helmschmidt FRG 60.96 7 Ingrid Thyssen FRG 60.18 8 Bernadetta Blechacz POL 60.14 9 Nina Nikanorova URS 1955 57.50 10 Jadvyga Putinienė URS 1955 57.28 11 Elena Burgárová TCH 57.22 12 Ivanka Vancheva BUL 1971 53.10 Qualification 31 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Nina Nikanorova URS 1955 63.18 Q 2 Ruth Fuchs GDR 60.36 Q 3 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő ROU 1965 59.84 Q 4 Jadvyga Putinienė URS 1955 59.84 Q 5 Ingrid Thyssen FRG 59.62 Q 6 Ivanka Vancheva BUL 1971 59.34 Q 7 Tessa Sanderson GBR 59.04 Q 8 Ute Richter GDR 59.00 Q 9 Eva Helmschmidt FRG 58.74 Q 10 Bernadetta Blechacz POL 58.38 Q 11 Elena Burgárová TCH 57.40 Q 12 Ute Hommola GDR 57.18 Q 13 Sofia Sakorafa GRE 56.76 14 Tsvetanka Mikhailova BUL 1971 54.72 15 Giuliana Amici ITA 52.66 16 Lidia Berkhout NED 52.14 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (2) TCH (1) GDR (3) GRE (1) ITA (1) NED (1) POL (1) ROU 1965 (1) URS 1955 (2) GBR (1) FRG (2) References Category:Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships