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European Championships - Results Women 1978
Czechoslovakia - Praha - 19 August 1978 - 6 September 1978
Women's 3000 m - 29 August 1978
| 1 |  Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) | 8:33.2 |
| 2 |  Natalia Marasescu Andrei (ROM) | 8:33.5 |
| 3 |  Grete Waitz (NOR) | 8:34.3 |
| 4 | Maricica Puica (ROM) | 8:40.9 |
| 5 | Giana Romanova (URS) | 8:45.7 |
| 6 |  Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 8:46.1 |
| 7 | Raisa Belousova (URS) | 8:48.7 |
| 8 |  Paula Fudge (GBR) | 8:48.7 |
| 9 |  Ann Ford (ENG) | 8:53.08 |
| 10 | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 9:02.87 |
| 11 |  Magdolna Lazar (HUN) | 9:05.14 |
| 12 |  Joëlle De Brouwer (FRA) | 9:05.21 |
| 13 | Glynis Penny (GBR) | 9:08.9 |
| 14 | Helena Ledvinova (CZE) | 9:10.9 |
| 15 |  Mary Purcell (IRL) | 9:11.9 |
| 16 |  Loa Olafsson (DEN) | 9:12.0 |
| 17 | Bozena Sudická (CZE) | 9:12.9 |
| 18 |  Bernadette Van Roy (BEL) | 9:13.9 |
| 19 | Deirdre Nagle (IRL) | 9:21.9 |
| 20 | Daniele Justin (BEL) | 9:24.0 |
| 21 |  Carla Beurskens (NED) | 9:25.5 |
| 22 | Tineke Kluft (NED) | 9:31.0 |
| 23 |  Carmen Valero (SPA) | 9:34.0 |
| 24 | Miroslava Margoldova (CZE) | 9:36.1 |
| 25 | Connie Olsen (DEN) | 9:40.6 |
| 26 |  Birgit Friedmann (FDR) | DNF |
Women's 100 m - 30 August 1978
| 1 |  Marlies Göhr (DDR) | 11.13 |
| 2 |  Linda Haglund (SWE) | 11.29 |
| 3 | Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS) | 11.31 |
| 4 | Monika Hamann (DDR) | 11.33 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | 11.33 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) | 11.38 |
| 7 | Chantal Rega (FRA) | 11.49 |
| 8 | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | 11.67 |
- Women's 100 m - Detailed results
Women's 100 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.34 Q 2 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)11.41 Q 3 
Laura Miano (ITA)11.52 Q 4 Bev Goddard (GBR)11.53 Q 5 
Helinä Laihorinne (FIN)11.58 Q 6 Annie Alizé (FRA)11.61 q 7 Elvira Possekel (FDR)11.82 8 Tilly Verhoef (NED)12.04 Women's 100 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)11.23 Q 2 Sonia Lannaman (GBR)11.54 Q 3 
Ivanka Valkova (BUL)11.61 Q 4 Michelle Walsh (IRL)11.70 Q 5 Véronique Rosset (FRA)11.77 Q 6 Petra Sharp (FDR)11.84 7 
Brigitte Haest (AUT)11.89 8 Ludmila Jimramovská (CZE)11.91 Women's 100 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Linda Haglund (SWE)11.24 Q 2 Chantal Rega (FRA)11.38 Q 3 Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS)11.38 Q 4 Monika Hamann (DDR)11.52 Q 5 Sofka Popova (BUL)11.65 Q 6 
Grazyna Molik (POL)11.90 7 Ellie Henzen (NED)12.04 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.27 Q 2 Linda Haglund (SWE)11.43 Q 3 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)11.51 Q 4 Sonia Lannaman (GBR)11.54 Q 5 Laura Miano (ITA)11.71 6 Véronique Rosset (FRA)11.80 7 Sofka Popova (BUL)11.87 8 Annie Alizé (FRA)11.87 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)11.42 Q 2 Monika Hamann (DDR)11.47 Q 3 Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS)11.52 Q 4 Chantal Rega (FRA)11.59 Q 5 Bev Goddard (GBR)11.72 6 Ivanka Valkova (BUL)11.80 7 Helinä Laihorinne (FIN)11.82 8 Michelle Walsh (IRL)11.95 Women's 100 m - Final - 30 August 1978
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.13 2 Linda Haglund (SWE)11.29 3 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)11.31 4 Monika Hamann (DDR)11.33 5 Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS)11.33 6 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)11.38 7 Chantal Rega (FRA)11.49 8 Sonia Lannaman (GBR)11.67
Women's Long jump - 30 August 1978
| 1 | Vilma Bardauskiene (URS) | 6.88 |
| 2 | Angela Voigt (DDR) | 6.79 |
| 3 | Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE) | 6.69 |
| 4 | Brigitte Wujak (DDR) | 6.60 |
| 5 | Gina Panait (ROM) | 6.52 |
| 6 | Susan Reeve (GBR) | 6.48 |
| 7 | Karin Hänel (FDR) | 6.48 |
| 8 | Heidemarie Wycisk (DDR) | 6.44 |
| 9 | Jacqueline Curtet (FRA) | 6.24 |
| 10 | Doina Anton (ROM) | 6.22 |
| 11 | Lidiya Gusheva (BUL) | 6.20 |
| 12 |  Maroula Lambrou (GRE) | 6.12 |
- Women's Long jump - Detailed results
Women's Long jump - Qualification - 29 August 1978
1 Vilma Bardauskiene (URS)7.09 WR Q 2 Brigitte Wujak (DDR)6.65 Q 3 Gina Panait (ROM)6.61 Q 4 Jacqueline Curtet (FRA)6.54 Q 5 Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE)6.48 Q 6 Sue Reeve (GBR)6.47 Q 7 Karin Antretter (FDR)6.46 Q 8 Angela Voigt (DDR)6.44 Q 9 Heidemarie Wycisk (DDR)6.40 Q 10 Lidiya Gusheva (BUL)6.40 Q 11 Maroula Lambrou (GRE)6.31 Q 12 Doina Anton (ROM)6.31 Q 13 Lidiya Alfeyeva (URS)6.29 14 Margit Papp (HUN)6.28 15 Teresa Marciniak (POL)6.26 16 Susan Hearnshaw (GBR)6.25 17 Sandra Vlad (ROM)6.19 18 Isabella Keller (SWI)6.15 19 Sylvia Barlag (NED)6.12 20 Anke Weigt (FDR)6.08 21 Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)5.85 22 
Eva Suranová-Kucmanová (CZE)NM Women's Long jump - Final - 30 August 1978
1 Vilma Bardauskiene (URS)6.88 2 Angela Voigt (DDR)6.79 3 Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE)6.69 4 Brigitte Wujak (DDR)6.60 5 Gina Panait (ROM)6.52 6 Susan Reeve (GBR)6.48 7 Karin Hänel (FDR)6.48 8 Heidemarie Wycisk (DDR)6.44 9 Jacqueline Curtet (FRA)6.24 10 Doina Anton (ROM)6.22 11 Lidiya Gusheva (BUL)6.20 12 Maroula Lambrou (GRE)6.12
Women's Shot put - 30 August 1978
| 1 | Ilona Slupianek (DDR) | 21.41 |
| 2 | Helena Fibingerová (CZE) | 20.86 |
| 3 | Margitta Droese-Pufe (DDR) | 20.58 |
| 4 | Svetlana Krachevskaya-Dolzhenko (URS) | 20.13 |
| 5 | Eva Wilms (FDR) | 19.20 |
| 6 | Ivanka Petrova (BUL) | 18.85 |
| 7 | Svetlana Melnikova (URS) | 18.63 |
| 8 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 17.35 |
| 9 | Zdénka Silhavá (CZE) | 17.23 |
| 10 | Beatrix Philipp (FDR) | 17.13 |
| 11 | Nina Isayeva (URS) | NM |
Women's 400 m - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Marita Koch (DDR) | 48.94 |
| 2 | Christina Brehmer-Lathan (DDR) | 50.38 |
| 3 | Irena Szewinska (POL) | 50.40 |
| 4 | Maria Kulchunova (URS) | 51.25 |
| 5 | Christina Marquardt (DDR) | 51.99 |
| 6 | Donna Hartley (GBR) | 52.31 |
| 7 | Pirjo Häggman (FIN) | 52.46 |
| 8 | Verona Elder (GBR) | 52.53 |
- Women's 400 m - Detailed results
Women's 400 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Marita Koch (DDR)52.95 Q 2 Irena Szewinska (POL)53.14 Q 3 Ilona Pál (HUN)53.42 Q 4 Patricia Darbonville (FRA)53.50 q 5 Rosine Wallez (BEL)53.99 6 Anne Aren (SWE)54.37 Women's 400 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Christiane Marquardt (DDR)52.12 Q 2 Joslyn Hoyte (GBR)52.29 Q 3 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)52.92 Q 4 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)53.33 q 5 Marina Sidorova (URS)53.72 q 6 Yvonne Hannus (FIN)53.98 7 Ibolya Petrika (HUN)54.01 Women's 400 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Christina Brehmer-Lathan (DDR)51.71 Q 2 Verona Elder (GBR)52.64 Q 3 Pirjo Häggman (FIN)52.68 Q 4 Elke Decker (FDR)52.97 q 5 Catherine Delachanal (FRA)53.81 6 Truus Van Amstel (NED)54.37 Women's 400 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1978
1 Mariya Kulchunova (URS)51.55 Q 2 Dagmar Fuhrmann (FDR)53.45 Q 3 Donna Hartley (GBR)53.61 Q 4 Silvia Schinzel (AUT)53.80 5 Rozalia Halmosi (HUN)53.93 6 Eva Rakova (CZE)54.00 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Marita Koch (DDR)51.76 Q 2 Mariya Kulchunova (URS)51.88 Q 3 Donna Hartley (GBR)52.14 Q 4 Pirjo Häggman (FIN)52.24 Q 5 Elke Decker (FDR)52.92 6 Joslyn Hoyte (GBR)52.95 7 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)53.93 8 Patricia Darbonville (FRA)54.47 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Christina Brehmer-Lathan (DDR)52.01 Q 2 Christiane Marquardt (DDR)52.29 Q 3 Irena Szewinska (POL)52.37 Q 4 Verona Elder (GBR)52.65 Q 5 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)52.66 6 Dagmar Fuhrmann (FDR)53.23 7 Ilona Pál (HUN)53.50 8 Marina Sidorova (URS)54.08 Women's 400 m - Final - 31 August 1978
1 Marita Koch (DDR)48.94 2 Christina Brehmer-Lathan (DDR)50.38 3 Irena Szewinska (POL)50.40 4 Maria Kulchunova (URS)51.25 5 Christina Marquardt (DDR)51.99 6 Donna Hartley (GBR)52.31 7 Pirjo Häggman (FIN)52.46 8 Verona Elder (GBR)52.53
Women's 800 m - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Tatyana Providokhina (URS) | 1:55.8 |
| 2 | Nadyezhda Mushta (URS) | 1:55.8 |
| 3 | Zoya Riger (URS) | 1:56.6 |
| 4 | Totka Petrova (BUL) | 1:56.6 |
| 5 | Hildegard Ullrich (DDR) | 1:57.5 |
| 6 | Anita Weiß (DDR) | 1:57.7 |
| 7 | Ulrike Bruns (DDR) | 1:58.6 |
| 8 | Fita Lovin Rafira (ROM) | 1:58.8 |
- Women's 800 m - Detailed results
Women's 800 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Tatyana Providokhina (URS)1:59.96 Q 2 Fita Lovin Rafira (ROM)2:00.0 Q 3 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)2:00.38 Q 4 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)2:00.4 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)2:01.3 Q 6 Jane Colebrook (GBR)2:03.0 q 7 
Maria Ritter (LIE)2:09.0 Women's 800 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Tatyana Providokhina (URS)1:59.96 Q 2 Fita Lovin Rafira (ROM)2:00.0 Q 3 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)2:00.38 Q 4 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)2:00.4 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)2:01.3 Q 6 Jane Colebrook (GBR)2:03.0 q 7 Maria Ritter (LIE)2:09.0 Women's 800 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Nadezhda Mushta (URS)2:01.67 Q 2 Anita Weiß (DDR)2:01.8 Q 3 Jozefina Cerchlanová (CZE)2:02.0 Q 4 Liz Barnes (GBR)2:02.1 Q 5 Mariana Suman (ROM)2:02.2 Q 6 Marie-Rose Verhoeven (BEL)2:04.5 7 
Fernande Schmitt (LUX)2:04.7 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Anita Weiß (DDR)1:58.8 Q 2 Nadezhda Mushta (URS)1:58.8 Q 3 Fita Lovin Rafira (ROM)1:58.8 Q 4 Zoya Rigel (URS)1:58.9 Q 5 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)2:00.5 6 Elena Tarita (ROM)2:01.7 7 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)2:06.2 8 Iren Lipcsei (HUN)2:06.8 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Tatyana Providokhina (URS)2:00.06 Q 2 Totka Petrova (BUL)2:00.2 Q 3 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)2:00.3 Q 4 Hildegard Ullrich (DDR)2:00.6 Q 5 Mariana Suman (ROM)2:01.62 6 Liz Barnes (GBR)2:01.69 7 Jane Colebrook (GBR)2:02.9 8 Jozefina Cerchlanová (CZE)2:07.0 Women's 800 m - Final - 31 August 1978
1 Tatyana Providokhina (URS)1:55.8 2 Nadyezhda Mushta (URS)1:55.8 3 Zoya Riger (URS)1:56.6 4 Totka Petrova (BUL)1:56.6 5 Hildegard Ullrich (DDR)1:57.5 6 Anita Weiß (DDR)1:57.7 7 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)1:58.6 8 Fita Lovin Rafira (ROM)1:58.8
Women's High jump - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 2.01 |
| 2 | Rosemarie Witschas-Ackermann (DDR) | 1.99 |
| 3 | Brigitte Holzapfel (FDR) | 1.95 |
| 4 | Jutta Kirst (DDR) | 1.93 |
| 5 | Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR) | 1.91 |
| 6 | Andrea Matay (HUN) | 1.85 |
| 7 |  Snezana Hrepevnik (YUG) | 1.85 |
| 8 | Urszula Kielan (POL) | 1.85 |
| 9 | Annette Harnack (FDR) | 1.80 |
| 10 | Astrid Tveit (NOR) | 1.80 |
| 11 | Kristine Nitzsche (DDR) | 1.80 |
| 12 | Larisa Klimentenok (URS) | 1.80 |
| 13 | Mária Mracnová (CZE) | 1.80 |
| 14 | Milada Karbanová (CZE) | 1.80 |
- Women's High jump - Detailed results
Women's High jump - Qualification - 30 August 1978
1 Milada Karbanová (CZE)1.85 Q 1 Urszula Kielan (POL)1.85 Q 1 Sara Simeoni (ITA)1.85 Q 1 Larisa Klimentenok (URS)1.85 Q 1 Kristine Nitzsche (DDR)1.85 Q 1 Snezana Hrepevnik (YUG)1.85 Q 1 Annette Harnack (FDR)1.85 Q 1 Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR)1.85 Q 1 Brigitte Holzapfel (FDR)1.85 Q 1 Jutta Kirst (DDR)1.85 Q 1 Rosemarie Witschas-Ackermann (DDR)1.85 Q 12 Astrid Tveit (NOR)1.83 q 12 Andrea Matay (HUN)1.83 q 12 Mária Mracnová (CZE)1.83 q 15 Annette Tånnander (SWE)1.80 15 Grith Ejstrup (DEN)1.80 17 Cornelia Popa (ROM)1.75 17 Gilian Hitchen (GBR)1.75 17 Danuta Bulkowska (POL)1.75 17 Marta Rehorovska (CZE)1.75 17 Mirjam Van Laar (NED)1.75 22 Anne-Maria Pira (BEL)1.70 22 Sandra Dini (ITA)1.70 Women's High jump - Final - 31 August 1978
1 Sara Simeoni (ITA)2.01 2 Rosemarie Witschas-Ackermann (DDR)1.99 3 Brigitte Holzapfel (FDR)1.95 4 Jutta Kirst (DDR)1.93 5 Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR)1.91 6 Andrea Matay (HUN)1.85 7 Snezana Hrepevnik (YUG)1.85 8 Urszula Kielan (POL)1.85 9 Annette Harnack (FDR)1.80 10 Astrid Tveit (NOR)1.80 11 Kristine Nitzsche (DDR)1.80 12 Larisa Klimentenok (URS)1.80 13 Mária Mracnová (CZE)1.80 14 Milada Karbanová (CZE)1.80
Women's Discus throw - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Evelin Jahl (DDR) | 66.98 |
| 2 | Margitta Droese-Pufe (DDR) | 64.04 |
| 3 | Nataliya Gorbachova (URS) | 63.58 |
| 4 | Sabine Engel (DDR) | 63.46 |
| 5 | Faina Myelnik-Veleva (URS) | 62.30 |
| 6 | Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) | 61.94 |
| 7 | Ludmila Isayeva (URS) | 61.56 |
| 8 | Jitka Prouzová (CZE) | 59.90 |
| 9 | Argentina Menis (ROM) | 58.36 |
| 10 | Agnes Herczeg (HUN) | 57.94 |
| 11 | Rita Pfister (SWI) | 53.78 |
| 12 | Ingra Manecke (FDR) | 52.92 |
| 13 | Meg Ritchie (GBR) | 52.64 |
| 14 | Marcela Pilarova (CZE) | 50.34 |
Women's 200 m - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) | 22.52 |
| 2 | Marlies Göhr (DDR) | 22.53 |
| 3 | Carla Bodendorf (DDR) | 22.64 |
| 4 | Monika Hamann (DDR) | 22.76 |
| 5 | Chantal Rega (FRA) | 22.77 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS) | 22.89 |
| 7 | Linda Haglund (SWE) | 23.07 |
| 8 | Liljana Ivanova (BUL) | 23.23 |
- Women's 200 m - Detailed results
Women's 200 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Tatyana Prorochenko (URS)23.23 Q 2 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)23.54 Q 3 Marlies Göhr (DDR)23.73 Q 4 Claudia Steger (FDR)23.96 Q 5 Michelle Walsh (IRL)23.99 6 Radislava Soborová (CZE)24.55 Women's 200 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)23.11 Q 2 Monika Hamann (DDR)23.35 Q 3 Irén Orosz (HUN)23.46 Q 4 Sonia Lannaman (GBR)23.48 Q 5 Dagmar Schenten (FDR)23.70 6 Helinä Laihorinne (FIN)23.84 7 Tilly Verhoef (NED)24.12 Women's 200 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1978
1 Chantal Rega (FRA)23.26 Q 2 Linda Haglund (SWE)23.38 Q 3 Zofia Bielczyk-Filip (POL)23.40 Q 4 Bev Goddard (GBR)23.54 Q 5 Marisa Masullo (ITA)23.62 6 Silvia Schinzel (AUT)24.30 Women's 200 m - Heat 4 - 31 August 1978
1 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)22.92 Q 2 Lilyana Ivanova (BUL)22.93 Q 3 Carla Bodendorf (DDR)23.11 Q 4 Raymonde Naigre (FRA)23.56 Q 5 Jolanta Stalmach (POL)23.96 6 Ellie Henzen (NED)23.97 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)22.86 Q 2 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)22.86 Q 3 Monika Hamann (DDR)22.99 Q 4 Lilyana Ivanova (BUL)23.12 Q 5 Sonia Lannaman (GBR)23.36 6 Zofia Bielczyk-Filip (POL)23.41 7 Raymonde Naigre (FRA)23.89 8 Claudia Steger (FDR)24.18 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)22.83 Q 2 Carla Bodendorf (DDR)22.92 Q 3 Chantal Rega (FRA)22.98 Q 4 Linda Haglund (SWE)23.11 Q 5 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)23.12 6 Tatyana Prorochenko (URS)23.30 7 Bev Goddard (GBR)23.37 8 Irén Orosz (HUN)23.56 Women's 200 m - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)22.52 2 Marlies Göhr (DDR)22.53 3 Carla Bodendorf (DDR)22.64 4 Monika Hamann (DDR)22.76 5 Chantal Rega (FRA)22.77 6 Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova (URS)22.89 7 Linda Haglund (SWE)23.07 8 Liljana Ivanova (BUL)23.23
Women's Javelin throw - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Ruth Fuchs (DDR) | 69.16 |
| 2 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 62.40 |
| 3 | Ute Hommola (DDR) | 62.32 |
| 4 | Ute Richter (DDR) | 62.04 |
| 5 | Eva Zörgö (HUN) | 61.14 |
| 6 | Eva Helmschmidt (FDR) | 60.96 |
| 7 | Ingrid Thyssen (FDR) | 60.18 |
| 8 | Bernadetta Blechacz (POL) | 60.14 |
| 9 | Nina Nikanorova (URS) | 57.50 |
| 10 | Jadvyga Putiniene (URS) | 57.28 |
| 11 | Elena Burgarova (CZE) | 57.22 |
| 12 | Ivanka Vancheva (BUL) | 53.10 |
- Women's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Women's Javelin throw - Qualification - 31 August 1978
1 Nina Nikanorova (URS)63.18 Q 2 Ruth Fuchs (DDR)60.36 Q 3 Eva Raduly-Zörgo (ROM)59.84 Q 4 Jadvyga Putiniene (URS)59.84 Q 5 Ingrid Thyssen (FDR)59.62 Q 6 Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)59.34 Q 7 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)59.04 Q 8 Ute Richter (DDR)59.00 Q 9 Eva Helmschmidt (FDR)58.74 Q 10 Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)58.38 Q 11 Elena Burgarova (CZE)57.40 Q 12 Ute Hommola (DDR)57.18 Q 13 Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)56.76 14 Tsvetanka Mikhailova (BUL)54.72 15 Giuliana Amici (ITA)52.66 16 Lidia Berkhout (NED)52.14 Women's Javelin throw - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Ruth Fuchs (DDR)69.16 2 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)62.40 3 Ute Hommola (DDR)62.32 4 Ute Richter (DDR)62.04 5 Eva Zörgö (HUN)61.14 6 Eva Helmschmidt (FDR)60.96 7 Ingrid Thyssen (FDR)60.18 8 Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)60.14 9 Nina Nikanorova (URS)57.50 10 Jadvyga Putiniene (URS)57.28 11 Elena Burgarova (CZE)57.22 12 Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)53.10
Women's 100 m Hurdles - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Johanna Klier (DDR) | 12.62 |
| 2 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | 12.67 |
| 3 | Gudrun Berend (DDR) | 12.73 |
| 4 | Nina Morgulina (URS) | 12.86 |
| 5 | Lucyna Langer (POL) | 12.98 |
| 6 | Annerose Fiedler (DDR) | 13.09 |
| 7 | Elzbieta Rabsztyn (POL) | 13.17 |
- Women's 100 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Grazyna Rabsztyn (POL)12.94 Q 2 Nina Morgulina (URS)13.04 Q 3 Gudrun Berend (DDR)13.26 Q 4 Xenia Siska (HUN)13.48 Q 5 Shirley Strong (GBR)13.56 6 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)14.07 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Johanna Klier (DDR)12.85 Q 2 Lucyna Langer (POL)13.13 Q 3 Sharon Colyear (GBR)13.23 Q 4 Sylvia Kempin (DDR)13.40 Q 5 Laurence Lebeau (FRA)13.60 6 Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)13.63 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 31 August 1978
1 Elzbieta Rabsztyn (POL)13.20 Q 2 Lorna Boothe (GBR)13.46 Q 3 Lidiya Gusheva (BUL)13.52 Q 4 Monika Schönauerová (CZE)13.61 Q 5 Lena Spoof (FIN)13.63 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 31 August 1978
1 Tatyana Anisimova (URS)12.85 Q 2 Annerose Fiedler (DDR)13.43 Q 3 Ileana Ongar (ITA)13.74 Q 4 Elisavet Pantazi (GRE)13.84 Q 5 Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)13.95 6 Hana Chocova (CZE)14.04 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Grazyna Rabsztyn (POL)12.60 Q 2 Johanna Klier (DDR)12.90 Q 3 Nina Morgulina (URS)13.00 Q 4 Annerose Fiedler (DDR)13.07 Q 5 Sharon Colyear (GBR)13.25 6 Xenia Siska (HUN)13.36 7 Monika Schönauerová (CZE)13.72 8 Ileana Ongar (ITA)13.90 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Gudrun Berend (DDR)12.90 Q 2 Tatyana Anisimova (URS)12.92 Q 3 Lucyna Langer (POL)13.00 Q 4 Elzbieta Rabsztyn (POL)13.14 Q 5 Lorna Boothe (GBR)13.44 6 Elisavet Pantazi (GRE)13.82 7 Sylvia Kempin (DDR)DNF 8 Lidiya Gusheva (BUL)DNS Women's 100 m Hurdles - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Johanna Klier (DDR)12.62 2 Tatyana Anisimova (URS)12.67 3 Gudrun Berend (DDR)12.73 4 Nina Morgulina (URS)12.86 5 Lucyna Langer (POL)12.98 6 Annerose Fiedler (DDR)13.09 7 Elzbieta Rabsztyn (POL)13.17
Women's 400 m Hurdles - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Tatyana Zelentsova (URS) | 54.89 WR |
| 2 | Silvia Hollmann (FDR) | 55.14 |
| 3 | Karin Rossley (DDR) | 55.36 |
| 4 | Brigitte Köhn (DDR) | 55.46 |
| 5 | Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL) | 55.55 |
| 6 | Anita Weiß (DDR) | 55.63 |
| 7 | Ingrida Barkane (URS) | 55.97 |
| 8 | Genowefa Blaszak (POL) | 57.72 |
- Women's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 1 September 1978
1 Brigitte Köhn (DDR)56.83 Q 2 Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL)57.18 Q 3 Erika Weinstein (FDR)57.56 Q 4 Mary Appleby (IRL)57.66 Q 5 Eva Mohacsi (HUN)59.61 6 Rosa-Maria Colorado (SPA)59.76 7 Kristianne Staut (BEL)68.51 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 1 September 1978
1 Silvia Hollmann (FDR)57.50 Q 2 Karin Roßley (DDR)58.07 Q 3 Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)58.12 Q 4 Ingrida Barkane (URS)58.29 Q 5 Doina Badescu (ROM)59.72 6 Wilma Hillen (NED)59.97 7 Kamila Jozefikova (CZE)60.61 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 1 September 1978
1 Liz Sutherland (GBR)57.61 Q 2 Marina Makeyeva (URS)57.66 Q 3 Lea Alaerts (BEL)57.74 Q 4 Genowefa Blaszak (POL)58.11 Q 5 Anne Aren (SWE)59.32 6 
Montserrat Pujol (AND)60.21 7 Dana Wildova (CZE)60.97 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 1 September 1978
1 Anita Weiß (DDR)56.19 Q 2 Tatyana Zelentsova (URS)56.44 Q 3 Anne Michel (BEL)58.19 Q 4 Svilenka Filipova (BUL)58.31 Q 5 Danièle Lairloup (FRA)58.47 6 Lisbeth Helbling (SWI)58.57 7 Hana Slamova (CZE)60.77 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 Silvia Hollmann (FDR)56.08 Q 2 Anita Weiß (DDR)56.19 Q 3 Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL)56.20 Q 4 Karin Roßley (DDR)56.27 Q 5 Mary Appleby (IRL)57.36 6 Marina Makeyeva (URS)57.49 7 Lea Alaerts (BEL)57.68 8 Svilenka Filipova (BUL)DNF Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 Tatyana Zelentsova (URS)55.89 Q 2 Ingrida Barkane (URS)56.32 Q 3 Brigitte Köhn (DDR)56.55 Q 4 Genowefa Blaszak (POL)56.67 Q 5 Erika Weinstein (FDR)57.22 6 Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)58.35 7 Anne Michel (BEL)58.67 8 Liz Sutherland (GBR)62.83 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Tatyana Zelentsova (URS)54.89 WR 2 Silvia Hollmann (FDR)55.14 3 Karin Rossley (DDR)55.36 4 Brigitte Köhn (DDR)55.46 5 Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL)55.55 6 Anita Weiß (DDR)55.63 7 Ingrida Barkane (URS)55.97 8 Genowefa Blaszak (POL)57.72
Women's Pentathlon - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Margit Papp (HUN) | 4655 |
| 2 | Burglinde Pollak (DDR) | 4600 |
| 3 | Kristine Nitzsche (DDR) | 4599 |
| 4 | Beatrix Philipp (FDR) | 4554 |
| 5 |  Yekaterina Smirnova (RUS) | 4534 |
| 6 | Ramona Neubert (DDR) | 4380 |
| 7 | Ina Losch (FDR) | 4319 |
| 8 | Florence Picaut (FRA) | 4307 |
| 9 | Marcela Koblasová (CZE) | 4210 |
| 10 | Cornelia Sulek (FDR) | 4202 |
| 11 | Els Stolk (NED) | 4190 |
| 12 | Sylvia Barlag (NED) | 4184 |
| 13 | Yvette Wray (GBR) | 4171 |
| 14 | Angela Weiss (SWI) | 4165 |
| 15 | Gabriela Ionescu (ROM) | 4145 |
| 16 | Breda Lorenci (YUG) | 4144 |
| 17 | Sue Mapstone (GBR) | 3993 |
| 18 | Annette Tånnander (SWE) | 3364 |
| 19 | Danuta Caly (POL) | DNF |
Women's 1500 m - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Giana Romanova (URS) | 3:59.0 |
| 2 | Natalia Marasescu Andrei (ROM) | 3:59.8 |
| 3 | Totka Petrova (BUL) | 4:00.2 |
| 4 | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) | 4:00.2 |
| 5 | Grete Waitz (NOR) | 4:00.6 |
| 6 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:01.3 |
| 7 | Ulrike Bruns (DDR) | 4:02.2 |
| 8 | Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 4:04.6 |
| 9 | Vesela Yatsinska (BUL) | 4:04.73 |
| 10 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya (URS) | 4:06.6 |
| 11 | Maricica Puica (ROM) | 4:09.3 |
| 12 | Christine Benning (ENG) | 4:11.5 |
Women's 4x100 m relay - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Soviet Union (Vera Anisimova, Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Lyudmila Storozhkova) | |
| 2 | Great Britain (Bev Goddard, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Sharon Colyear, Sonia Lannaman) | |
| 3 | East Germany (Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr) | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (Sofka Popova, Lilyana Ivanova, Zdravka Shipokliyeva, Ivanka Valkova) | |
| 5 | Poland (Grazyna Rabsztyn, Zofia Bielczyk-Filip, Jolanta Stalmach, Irena Szewinska) | |
| 6 | West Germany (Elvira Possekel, Dagmar Schenten, Claudia Steger, Petra Sharp) | |
| 7 | Sweden (Linda Haglund, Helena Pihl, Jeanette Rangeby, Lena Möller) |
- Women's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 East Germany (Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr)43.05 Q 2 France (Véronique Rosset, Annie Alizé, Chantal Rega, Raymonde Naigre)43.78 Q 3 Bulgaria (Sofka Popova, Lilyana Ivanova, Zdravka Shipokliyeva, Ivanka Valkova)43.97 Q 4 Poland (Grazyna Rabsztyn, Zofia Bielczyk-Filip, Jolanta Stalmach, Irena Szewinska)44.20 Q 5 Italy (Andriana Cari, Paola Bolognesi, Marisa Masullo, Laura Miano)44.95 Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 Soviet Union (Lyudmila Storozhkova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova, Vera Anisimova)43.35 Q 2 Great Britain (Sonia Lannaman, Sharon Colyear, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Bev Goddard)43.90 Q 3 Sweden (Lena Möller, Jeanette Rangeby, Helena Pihl, Linda Haglund)44.31 Q 4 West Germany (Petra Sharp, Claudia Steger, Dagmar Schenten, Elvira Possekel)44.58 Q 5 Czechoslovakia (Daniela Drinkova, Dana Siroka, Zdena Holanova, Ludmila Jimramovská)45.03 Women's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 3 September 1978
1 Soviet Union (Vera Anisimova, Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Lyudmila Storozhkova)42.54 2 Great Britain (Bev Goddard, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Sharon Colyear, Sonia Lannaman)42.72 3 East Germany (Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr)43.07 4 Bulgaria (Sofka Popova, Lilyana Ivanova, Zdravka Shipokliyeva, Ivanka Valkova)43.47 5 Poland (Grazyna Rabsztyn, Zofia Bielczyk-Filip, Jolanta Stalmach, Irena Szewinska)43.83 6 West Germany (Elvira Possekel, Dagmar Schenten, Claudia Steger, Petra Sharp)44.34 7 Sweden (Linda Haglund, Helena Pihl, Jeanette Rangeby, Lena Möller)44.37 8 France (Véronique Rosset, Annie Alizé, Chantal Rega, Raymonde Naigre)DNF Women's 4x100 m relay - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Soviet Union (Vera Anisimova, Lyudmila Maslakova-Zharkova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Lyudmila Storozhkova)2 Great Britain (Bev Goddard, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Sharon Colyear, Sonia Lannaman)3 East Germany (Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr)4 Bulgaria (Sofka Popova, Lilyana Ivanova, Zdravka Shipokliyeva, Ivanka Valkova)5 Poland (Grazyna Rabsztyn, Zofia Bielczyk-Filip, Jolanta Stalmach, Irena Szewinska)6 West Germany (Elvira Possekel, Dagmar Schenten, Claudia Steger, Petra Sharp)7 Sweden (Linda Haglund, Helena Pihl, Jeanette Rangeby, Lena Möller)
Women's 4x400 m relay - 3 September 1978
| 1 | East Germany (Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug, Christina Brehmer-Lathan, Marita Koch) | |
| 2 | Soviet Union (Tatyana Prorochenko, Nadezhda Mushta, Tatyana Providokhina, Mariya Kulchunova) | |
| 3 | Poland (Malgorzata Gajewska, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Genowefa Blaszak, Irena Szewinska) | |
| 4 | Great Britain (Karen Williams, Joslyn Hoyte, Verona Elder, Donna Murray) | |
| 5 | West Germany (Elke Decker, Elke Barth, Gaby Bussmann, Silvia Hollmann) | |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jindriska Kubeckova, Eva Rakova, Jozefina Cerchlanová) | |
| 7 | Romania (Maria Samungi, Doina Badescu, Mariana Suman, Elena Tarîa) | |
| 8 | Hungary (Eva Mohacsi, Rozalia Halmosi, Irén Orosz, Ilona Pál) |
- Women's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 Soviet Union (Tatyana Prorochenko, Nadezhda Mushta, Tatyana Providokhina, Mariya Kulchunova)3:24.2 Q 2 Great Britain (Karen Williams, Joslyn Hoyte, Verona Elder, Donna Murray)3:29.0 Q 3 Hungary (Eva Mohacsi, Rozalia Halmosi, Irén Orosz, Ilona Pál)3:30.7 Q 4 Czechoslovakia (Eva Rakova, Jindriska Kubeckova, Jozefina Cerchlanová, Jarmila Kratochvílová)3:31.2 Q 5 France (Catherine Delachanal, Martine Jacquemin, Danièle Lairloup, Patricia Darbonville)3:33.8 6 Netherlands (Tilly Verhoef, Truus Van Amstel, Coby Körmeling, Wilma Hillen)3:34.7 Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 East Germany (Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug, Christina Brehmer-Lathan, Marita Koch)3:27.7 Q 2 West Germany (Elke Decker, Elke Barth, Gaby Bussmann, Silvia Hollmann)3:30.9 Q 3 Poland (Malgorzata Gajewska, Genowefa Blaszak, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Irena Szewinska)3:31.2 Q 4 Romania (Maria Samungi, Doina Badescu, Mariana Suman, Elena Tarîa)3:31.8 Q 5 Finland (Yvonne Hannus, Barbro Lindström, Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Pirjo Häggman)3:32.2 6 Belgium (Anne Michel, Rosine Wallez, Anne-Marie Van Nuffel, Lea Alaerts)3:33.4 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 3 September 1978
1 East Germany (Marita Koch, Christina Brehmer-Lathan, Barbara Krug, Christiane Marquardt)3:21.20 2 Soviet Union (Mariya Kulchunova, Tatyana Providokhina, Nadezhda Mushta, Tatyana Prorochenko)3:22.53 3 Poland (Irena Szewinska, Genowefa Blaszak, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Malgorzata Gajewska)3:26.76 4 Great Britain (Donna Murray, Verona Elder, Joslyn Hoyte, Karen Williams)3:27.17 5 West Germany (Silvia Hollmann, Gaby Bussmann, Elke Barth, Elke Decker)3:27.96 6 Czechoslovakia (Jozefina Cerchlanová, Eva Rakova, Jindriska Kubeckova, Jarmila Kratochvílová)3:30.4 7 Romania (Elena Tarîa, Mariana Suman, Doina Badescu, Maria Samungi)3:30.7 8 Hungary (Ilona Pál, Irén Orosz, Rozalia Halmosi, Eva Mohacsi)3:32.2 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final - 3 September 1978
1 East Germany (Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug, Christina Brehmer-Lathan, Marita Koch)2 Soviet Union (Tatyana Prorochenko, Nadezhda Mushta, Tatyana Providokhina, Mariya Kulchunova)3 Poland (Malgorzata Gajewska, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Genowefa Blaszak, Irena Szewinska)4 Great Britain (Karen Williams, Joslyn Hoyte, Verona Elder, Donna Murray)5 West Germany (Elke Decker, Elke Barth, Gaby Bussmann, Silvia Hollmann)6 Czechoslovakia (Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jindriska Kubeckova, Eva Rakova, Jozefina Cerchlanová)7 Romania (Maria Samungi, Doina Badescu, Mariana Suman, Elena Tarîa)8 Hungary (Eva Mohacsi, Rozalia Halmosi, Irén Orosz, Ilona Pál)