1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Franz-Peter Hofmeister
 West Germany
Silver Karel Kolář
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Francis Demarthon
 France

Results

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 45.73
2nd, silver medalist(s) Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 45.77 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Francis Demarthon  France 45.97
4 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.22
5 Terry Whitehead  United Kingdom 46.23
6 Richard Ashton  United Kingdom 46.34
7 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.69
8 Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland DNS

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland 46.27 Q
2 Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 46.28 Q
3 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.33 Q
4 Terry Whitehead  United Kingdom 46.69 Q
5 Glen Cohen  United Kingdom 46.91
6 Eddy De Leeuw  Belgium 47.17
7 Stefano Malinverni  Italy 47.18
8 Maurice Volmar  France 47.50

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.09 Q
2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 46.18 Q
3 Francis Demarthon  France 46.26 Q
4 Richard Ashton  United Kingdom 46.32 Q
5 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 46.37
6 Ryszard Podlas  Poland 46.59
7 Viktor Burakov  Soviet Union 46.91
8 Jens Hansen  Denmark 47.35

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karel Kolář  Czechoslovakia 46.33 Q
2 Jerzy Pietrzyk  Poland 46.75 Q
3 Viktor Burakov  Soviet Union 47.18 Q
4 Željko Knapić  Yugoslavia 47.51
5 Ornélien Gombault  France 47.91
6 Mike Bayle  Luxembourg 48.71
7 Alfons Brijdenbach  Belgium 53.05

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 46.28 Q
2 Richard Ashton  United Kingdom 46.63 Q
3 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 46.77 Q
4 Maurice Volmar  France 46.94 q
5 Eddy De Leeuw  Belgium 47.27 q
6 Koen Gijsbers  Netherlands 47.65

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lothar Krieg  West Germany 46.57 Q
2 Francis Demarthon  France 46.73 Q
3 Glen Cohen  United Kingdom 47.05 Q
4 Jens Hansen  Denmark 47.28 q
5 Rijk Van den Berghe  Belgium 47.55
6 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 48.02

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernd Herrmann  West Germany 46.50 Q
2 Terry Whitehead  United Kingdom 46.61 Q
3 Ryszard Podlas  Poland 46.81 Q
4 Stefano Malinverni  Italy 47.03 q
5 Markku Kukkoaho  Finland 47.33
6 Frank Schaffer  East Germany 47.59

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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