1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women'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]

Women's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadion Evžena Rošického
Location	Prague
Dates	29 August (heats) 30 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors	23 from 14 nations
Winning time	11.13
Medalists
Marlies Göhr    East Germany   Linda Haglund    Sweden   Lyudmila Maslakova    Soviet Union
← 1974 1982 →

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•  Austria (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (3)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Soviet Union (3)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  West Germany (2)

Results

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.34	Q
2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.41	Q
3	Laura Miano	Italy	11.52	Q
4	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	11.53	Q
5	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.58	Q
6	Annie Alizé	France	11.61	q
7	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	11.82
8	Tilly Verhoef	Netherlands	12.04
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.23	Q
2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.54	Q
3	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.61	Q
4	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.70	Q
5	Véronique Rosset	France	11.77	Q
6	Petra Sharp	West Germany	11.84
7	Brigitte Haest	Austria	11.89
8	Ludmila Jimramovská	Czechoslovakia	11.91
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.24	Q
2	Chantal Réga	France	11.38	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.38	Q
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.52	Q
5	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.65	Q
6	Grażyna Molik	Poland	11.90
7	Ellie Henzen	Netherlands	12.04
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.27	Q
2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.43	Q
3	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.51	Q
4	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.54	Q
5	Laura Miano	Italy	11.71
6	Véronique Rosset	France	11.80
7	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.87
8	Annie Alizé	France	11.87
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.42	Q
2	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.47	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.52	Q
4	Chantal Réga	France	11.59	Q
5	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	11.72
6	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.80
7	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.82
8	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.95
			Wind: -1.5 m/s

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.13	CR
	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.29
	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.31
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.33
5	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.33
6	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.38
7	Chantal Réga	France	11.49
8	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.67
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

References

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