1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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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 | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | 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 50 kilometres race walk at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 2 September 1978.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Jorge Llopart![]() |
Silver | Venyamin Soldatenko![]() |
Bronze | Jan Ornoch![]() |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]2 September
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (3)
Finland (2)
France (2)
Hungary (1)
Italy (3)
Luxembourg (1)
Norway (2)
Poland (3)
Romania (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Spain (3)
Sweden (3)
Great Britain (2)
West Germany (3)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014