The women's 800 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29, 30, and 31 August 1978.[1]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Tatyana Providokhina Soviet Union
|
| Silver | Nadezhda Mushta Soviet Union
|
| Bronze | Zoya Rigel Soviet Union
|
Results edit
Final edit
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tatyana Providokhina | Soviet Union |
1:55.80 | CR |
 |
Nadezhda Mushta | Soviet Union |
1:55.82 | |
 |
Zoya Rigel | Soviet Union |
1:56.57 | |
| 4 | Totka Petrova |  Bulgaria |
1:56.59 | |
| 5 | Hildegard Ullrich |  East Germany |
1:57.45 | AJR |
| 6 | Anita Weiß | East Germany |
1:57.71 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany |
1:58.62 | |
| 8 | Fiţa Lovin |  Romania |
1:58.82 |
Semi-finals edit
30 August
Semi-final 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anita Weiß | East Germany |
1:58.8 | Q |
| 2 | Nadezhda Mushta | Soviet Union |
1:58.8 | Q |
| 3 | Fiţa Lovin | Romania |
1:58.8 | Q |
| 4 | Zoya Rigel | Soviet Union |
1:58.9 | Q |
| 5 | Gabriella Dorio |  Italy |
2:00.5 | |
| 6 | Elena Tarita | Romania |
2:01.7 | |
| 7 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium |
2:06.2 | |
| 8 | Irén Lipcsei |  Hungary |
2:06.8 |
Semi-final 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Providokhina | Soviet Union |
2:00.06 | Q |
| 2 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria |
2:00.2 | Q |
| 3 | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany |
2:00.3 | Q |
| 4 | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany |
2:00.6 | Q |
| 5 | Mariana Suman | Romania |
2:01.62 | |
| 6 | Liz Barnes |  Great Britain |
2:01.69 | |
| 7 | Jane Colebrook | Great Britain |
2:02.9 | |
| 8 | Jozefína Čerchlanová |  Czechoslovakia |
2:07.0 |
Heats edit
29 August
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Providokhina | Soviet Union |
1:59.96 | Q |
| 2 | Fiţa Lovin | Romania |
2:00.0 | Q |
| 3 | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany |
2:00.38 | Q |
| 4 | Gabriella Dorio | Italy |
2:00.4 | Q |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | Belgium |
2:01.3 | Q |
| 6 | Jane Colebrook | Great Britain |
2:03.0 | q |
| 7 | Maria Ritter |  Liechtenstein |
2:09.0 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany |
2:01.39 | Q |
| 2 | Zoya Rigel | Soviet Union |
2:01.6 | Q |
| 3 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria |
2:01.8 | Q |
| 4 | Irén Lipcsei | Hungary |
2:02.3 | Q |
| 5 | Elena Tarita | Romania |
2:02.9 | Q |
| 6 | Janet Prictoe | Great Britain |
2:03.7 | |
| 7 | Elly van Hulst |  Netherlands |
2:03.9 | |
| 8 | Jindřiška Kubečková | Czechoslovakia |
2:04.0 |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadezhda Mushta | Soviet Union |
2:01.67 | Q |
| 2 | Anita Weiß | East Germany |
2:01.8 | Q |
| 3 | Jozefína Čerchlanová | Czechoslovakia |
2:02.0 | Q |
| 4 | Liz Barnes | Great Britain |
2:02.1 | Q |
| 5 | Mariana Suman | Romania |
2:02.2 | Q |
| 6 | Marie-Rose Verhoeven | Belgium |
2:04.5 | |
| 7 | Fernande Schmitt |  Luxembourg |
2:04.7 |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (2)
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (2)
East Germany (3)
Hungary (1)
Italy (1)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (1)
Romania (3)
Soviet Union (3)
Great Britain (3)
References edit
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014