1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.[1][2]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Thomas Munkelt East Germany | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin Soviet Union | Giuseppe Buttari Italy |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.73 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | Soviet Union | 7.76 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jan Pusty |  Poland | 7.76 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.83 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Dieter Gebhard |  West Germany | 7.84 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 7.86 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Berwyn Price |  Great Britain | 7.87 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Arto Bryggare |  Finland | 7.88 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Borisav Pisić |  Yugoslavia | 7.92 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Javier Moracho |  Spain | 7.93 | q |
| 10 | 4 | Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.93 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 7.94 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Juan Lloveras | Spain | 7.99 | |
| 14 | 2 | Petr Čech |  Czechoslovakia | 8.01 | |
| 15 | 3 | Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.03 | |
| 16 | 2 | Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.06 | |
| 17 | 4 | Gianni Ronconi | Italy | 8.07 | |
| 18 | 3 | Thierry Sellier |  France | 8.08 | |
| 19 | 2 | Plamen Krastev |  Bulgaria | 8.09 | |
| 20 | 1 | Wolfgang Muders | West Germany | 8.11 |
Semifinals
[edit]First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.76 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 7.76 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jan Pusty | Poland | 7.80 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | Soviet Union | 7.81 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.85 | |
| 8 | 1 | Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 7.86 | |
| 8 | 2 | Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 7.86 | |
| 10 | 1 | Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 7.88 | |
| 11 | 2 | Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.96 | |
| 12 | 1 | Borisav Pisić | Yugoslavia | 7.99 |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.62 | =CR |
 | 5 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | Soviet Union | 7.72 | |
 | 4 | Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.86 | |
| 4 | 6 | Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 8.12 | |
| 5 | 2 | Jan Pusty | Poland | 8.15 | |
| 6 | 3 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 9.05 |
