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

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 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
 West Germany
Silver Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
 Poland
Bronze Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:02.03 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:03.62
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Miroslav Tulis
Karel Kolář
3:03.99
4   Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:04.29
5  East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:04.39
6  France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:05.63
7  Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.7
8  Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:06.9

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk
Zbigniew Jaremski
Cezary Łapiński
Ryszard Podlas
3:06.45 Q
2   Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter
Peter Haas
Konstantin Vogt
Rolf Gisler
3:06.6 Q
3  Czechoslovakia Miroslav Tulis
Josef Lomický
František Břečka
Karel Kolář
3:07.1 Q
4  Netherlands Raymond Heerenveen
Koen Gijsbers
Marcel Klarenbeek
Harry Schulting
3:07.6
5  Belgium Eddy De Leeuw
Jacques Borlée
Rik Hermans
Rik Vandenberghe
3:08.0
6  United Kingdom Terry Whitehead
Glen Cohen
David Jenkins
Richard Ashton
3:39.9

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Martin Weppler
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Bernd Herrmann
Harald Schmid
3:05.97 Q
2  Italy Roberto Tozzi
Daniele Zanini
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
3:06.5 Q
3  France Maurice Volmar
Gérard Bouttier
Hector Llatser
Francis Demarthon
3:06.6 Q
4  East Germany Frank Richter
Günther Arnold
Andreas Busse
Jürgen Pfennig
3:06.8 q
5  Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar
Dragan Životić
Milovan Savić
Željko Knapić
3:07.1 q
6  Finland Heikki Hämäläinen
Markku Kukkoaho
Antti Rajamäki
Markku Taskinen
DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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