1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1st, 2nd, and 3 September in 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Thomas Munkelt East Germany
Silver	Jan Pusty Poland
Bronze	Arto Bryggare Finland

Results

Final

3 September Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	13.54
	Jan Pusty	Poland	13.55
	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.56
4	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	13.78
5	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	13.83
6	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	13.90
7	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.91
8	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	13.94

Semi-finals

2 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	13.50	Q
2	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	13.74	Q
3	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	13.78	Q
4	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.97	Q
5	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	14.01
6	Javier Moracho	Spain	14.16
7	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	14.20
8	Mark Holtom	Great Britain	14.27

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jan Pusty	Poland	13.75	Q
2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.78	Q
3	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	13.94	Q
4	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	13.95	Q
5	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	14.01
6	Petros Evripidou	Cyprus	14.16
7	Július Ivan	Czechoslovakia	14.29
	Viktor Myasnikov	Soviet Union	DNF

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Wind: 0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Viktor Myasnikov	Soviet Union	13.76	Q
2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.83	Q
3	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.97	Q
4	Javier Moracho	Spain	14.15	Q
5	Július Ivan	Czechoslovakia	14.22	Q
6	Petar Vukičević	Yugoslavia	14.25

Heat 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	13.62	Q
2	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	13.81	Q
3	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	13.86	Q
4	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	14.05	Q
5	Mark Holtom	Great Britain	14.12	Q
6	Juan Lloveras	Spain	14.17
7	Jiří Čeřovský	Czechoslovakia	14.36

Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jan Pusty	Poland	13.81	Q
2	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	13.95	Q
3	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	14.00	Q
4	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	14.02	Q
5	Petros Evripidou	Cyprus	14.11	Q
6	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	14.13	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Cyprus (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (2)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (2)