1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Milan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Johanna Klier East Germany	Grażyna Rabsztyn Poland	Silvia Kempin West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Johanna Klier	East Germany	8.06	Q
2	1	Silvia Kempin	West Germany	8.11	Q
3	3	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.12	Q
4	1	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	8.15	Q
5	1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	8.21	q
6	1	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	8.24	q
7	2	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	8.29	Q
7	3	Lorna Boothe	Great Britain	8.29	Q
9	2	Ileana Ongar	Italy	8.42	q
10	2	Ursula Schalück	West Germany	8.51	q
11	3	Lyubov Nikitenko	Soviet Union	8.55	q
12	3	Patrizia Lombardo	Italy	8.64	q
13	1	Ingunn Einarsdóttir	Iceland	9.03

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.00	Q
2	1	Johanna Klier	East Germany	8.05	Q
3	2	Silvia Kempin	West Germany	8.06	Q
4	1	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	8.17	Q
5	1	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	8.20	Q
6	2	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	8.21	Q
7	1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	8.22
8	2	Lorna Boothe	Great Britain	8.32
9	1	Ursula Schalück	West Germany	8.35
10	2	Lyubov Nikitenko	Soviet Union	8.42
11	1	Patrizia Lombardo	Italy	8.54
	2	Ileana Ongar	Italy	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Johanna Klier	East Germany	7.94	CR
	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.07
	Silvia Kempin	West Germany	8.15
4	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	8.17
5	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	8.26
6	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	8.32