1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 2 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Johanna Klier East Germany
Silver	Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union
Bronze	Gudrun Berend East Germany

Results

Final

2 September Wind: 0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Johanna Klier	East Germany	12.62
	5	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	12.67
	1	Gudrun Berend	East Germany	12.73
4	3	Nina Margulina	Soviet Union	12.86
5	8	Lucyna Langer	Poland	12.98
6	6	Annerose Fiedler	East Germany	13.09
7	7	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	13.17
	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	DQ

Note: The final originally took place on 1 September but during its course Grażyna Rabsztyn veered off onto the neighbouring lane and caused Nina Margulina to fall down. Because of this the race was re-run a day later without Grażyna Rabsztyn, with the same athletes taking the medals in exactly the same order.

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	12.60	CR Q
2	Johanna Klier	East Germany	12.90	Q
3	Nina Margulina	Soviet Union	13.00	Q
4	Annerose Fiedler	East Germany	13.07	Q
5	Sharon Colyear	Great Britain	13.25
6	Xénia Siska	Hungary	13.36
7	Monika Schönauerová	Czechoslovakia	13.72
8	Ileana Ongar	Italy	13.90

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gudrun Berend	East Germany	12.90	Q
2	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	12.92	Q
3	Lucyna Langer	Poland	13.00	Q
4	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	13.14	Q
5	Lorna Boothe	Great Britain	13.44
6	Elisavet Pantazi	Greece	13.82
	Sylvia Kempin	East Germany	DNF
	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	DNS

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grazyna Rabsztyn	Poland	12.94	Q
2	Nina Margulina	Soviet Union	13.04	Q
3	Gudrun Berend	East Germany	13.26	Q
4	Xénia Siska	Hungary	13.48	Q
5	Shirley Strong	Great Britain	13.56
6	Laurence Elloy	France	14.07

Heat 2

Wind: 1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johanna Klier	East Germany	12.85	Q
2	Lucyna Langer	Poland	13.13	Q
3	Sharon Colyear	Great Britain	13.23	Q
4	Sylvia Kempin	East Germany	13.40	Q
5	Laurence Lebeau	France	13.60
6	Hilde Fredriksen	Norway	13.63

Heat 3

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	13.20	Q
2	Lorna Boothe	Great Britain	13.46	Q
3	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	13.52	Q
4	Monika Schönauerová	Czechoslovakia	13.61	Q
5	Lena Spoof	Finland	13.63

Heat 4

Wind: 0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	12.85	Q
2	Annerose Fiedler	East Germany	13.43	Q
3	Ileana Ongar	Italy	13.74	Q
4	Elisavet Pantazi	Greece	13.84	Q
5	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	13.95
6	Hana Chocová	Czechoslovakia	14.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (4)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Great Britain (3)