1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.[1]

Men's 100 metres
at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
VenueStadion Evžena Rošického
LocationPrague
Dates
  • 29 August (heats)
  • 30 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Winning time10.27
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    East Germany
bronze medal    Soviet Union
← 1974
1982 →

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

Results

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Heats

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29 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allan Wells   Great Britain 10.40 Q
2 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.50 Q
3 Joseph Arame   France 10.59 Q
4 Lambert Micha   Belgium 10.63 Q
5 Franco Fähndrich    Switzerland 10.64
6 Ladislav Latocha   Czechoslovakia 10.73
7 Ivaylo Karanyotov   Bulgaria 10.78
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea   Italy 10.19 CR, Q
2 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.31 Q
3 Vladimir Ignatenko   Soviet Union 10.38 Q
4 Dragan Zarić   Yugoslavia 10.59 Q
5 Ronald Desruelles   Belgium 10.60
6 Stefan Nilsson   Sweden 10.62
7 Otakar Wild   Czechoslovakia 10.73
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Eugen Ray   East Germany 10.30 Q
2 Marian Woronin   Poland 10.50 Q
3 Stefano Curini   Italy 10.58 Q
4 Kenth Rönn   Sweden 10.58 Q
5 Pierrick Thessard   France 10.79
6 Gernot Massing   Austria 10.86
7 Veselin Panov   Bulgaria 10.90
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petar Petrov   Bulgaria 10.44 Q
2 Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union 10.49 Q
3 Lambros Kefalas   Greece 10.53 Q
4 Giovanni Grazioli   Italy 10.55 Q
5 Alexander Thieme   East Germany 10.55
6 Zdeněk Mazur   Czechoslovakia 10.73
7 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson   Iceland 10.76
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals

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30 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea   Italy 10.26 Q
2 Vladimir Ignatenko   Soviet Union 10.45 Q
3 Petar Petrov   Bulgaria 10.46 Q
4 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.53 Q
5 Marian Woronin   Poland 10.54
6 Kenth Rönn   Sweden 10.63
7 Stefano Curini   Italy 10.72
8 Lambert Micha   Belgium 10.74
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Eugen Ray   East Germany 10.30 Q
2 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.38 Q
3 Allan Wells   Great Britain 10.38 Q
4 Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union 10.43 Q
5 Giovanni Grazioli   Italy 10.58
6 Lambros Kefalas   Greece 10.60
7 Joseph Arame   France 10.64
8 Dragan Zarić   Yugoslavia 10.69
Wind: -0.8 m/s

Final

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30 August

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  7 Pietro Mennea   Italy 10.27
  6 Eugen Ray   East Germany 10.36
  1 Vladimir Ignatenko   Soviet Union 10.37
4 4 Petar Petrov   Bulgaria 10.41
5 8 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.43
6 3 Allan Wells   Great Britain 10.45
7 2 Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union 10.46
8 5 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.55
Wind: 0.0 m/s

References

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  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 427–435. Retrieved 13 August 2014.