The women's shot put event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.[1][2][3]
Results
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Helena Fibingerová |  Czechoslovakia |
19.75 | 20.59 | 20.29 | 20.61 | 20.67 | 20.42 | 20.67 | |
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Margitta Droese |  East Germany |
19.77 | |||||||
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Eva Wilms |  West Germany |
19.24 | |||||||
| 4 | Elena Stoyanova |  Bulgaria |
19.22 | |||||||
| 5 | Zdeňka Bartoňová | Czechoslovakia |
18.16 | |||||||
| 6 | Beatrix Philipp | West Germany |
17.51 | |||||||
| 7 | Cinzia Petrucci |  Italy |
16.59 | |||||||
| 8 | Léone Bertimon |  France |
16.08 |