The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]
Medalists edit
Results edit
Final edit
3 September
Heats edit
2 September
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Poland |
Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin |
39.20 | Q |
| 2 |  Italy |
Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea |
39.51 | Q |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler |
39.87 | Q |
| 4 |  Great Britain |
Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Steve Green |
40.08 | Q |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
Jan Cheben Otakar Wild Marián Králik Luděk Bohman |
40.43 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany |
Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme |
39.05 | Q |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko |
39.21 | Q |
| 3 |  France |
Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo |
39.45 | Q |
| 4 |  Belgium |
Ronald Desruelles Danny Roelandt Hans van den Daele Lambert Micha |
40.16 | Q |
 Bulgaria |
Ivaylo Karanyotov Vladimir Ivanov Veselin Panov Petar Petrov |
DNF |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (4)
Bulgaria (4)
Czechoslovakia (4)
East Germany (4)
France (4)
Italy (4)
Poland (4)
Switzerland (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Great Britain (4)
References edit
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014