1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1st, 2nd, and 3 September in 1978.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Thomas Munkelt
 East Germany
Silver Jan Pusty
 Poland
Bronze Arto Bryggare
 Finland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

3 September Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Munkelt  East Germany 13.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Pusty  Poland 13.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arto Bryggare  Finland 13.56
4 Giuseppe Buttari  Italy 13.78
5 Eduard Pereverzev  Soviet Union 13.83
6 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin  Soviet Union 13.90
7 Romuald Giegiel  Poland 13.91
8 Dieter Gebhard  West Germany 13.94

Semi-finals[edit]

2 September

Semi-final 1[edit]

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Munkelt  East Germany 13.50 Q
2 Giuseppe Buttari  Italy 13.74 Q
3 Eduard Pereverzev  Soviet Union 13.78 Q
4 Romuald Giegiel  Poland 13.97 Q
5 Borisav Pisić  Yugoslavia 14.01
6 Javier Moracho  Spain 14.16
7 Petr Čech  Czechoslovakia 14.20
8 Mark Holtom  Great Britain 14.27

Semi-final 2[edit]

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jan Pusty  Poland 13.75 Q
2 Arto Bryggare  Finland 13.78 Q
3 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin  Soviet Union 13.94 Q
4 Dieter Gebhard  West Germany 13.95 Q
5 Berwyn Price  Great Britain 14.01
6 Petros Evripidou  Cyprus 14.16
7 Július Ivan  Czechoslovakia 14.29
Viktor Myasnikov  Soviet Union DNF

Heats[edit]

1 September

Heat 1[edit]

Wind: 0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Viktor Myasnikov  Soviet Union 13.76 Q
2 Arto Bryggare  Finland 13.83 Q
3 Romuald Giegiel  Poland 13.97 Q
4 Javier Moracho  Spain 14.15 Q
5 Július Ivan  Czechoslovakia 14.22 Q
6 Petar Vukičević  Yugoslavia 14.25

Heat 2[edit]

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Munkelt  East Germany 13.62 Q
2 Giuseppe Buttari  Italy 13.81 Q
3 Eduard Pereverzev  Soviet Union 13.86 Q
4 Dieter Gebhard  West Germany 14.05 Q
5 Mark Holtom  Great Britain 14.12 Q
6 Juan Lloveras  Spain 14.17
7 Jiří Čeřovský  Czechoslovakia 14.36

Heat 3[edit]

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jan Pusty  Poland 13.81 Q
2 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin  Soviet Union 13.95 Q
3 Berwyn Price  Great Britain 14.00 Q
4 Borisav Pisić  Yugoslavia 14.02 Q
5 Petros Evripidou  Cyprus 14.11 Q
6 Petr Čech  Czechoslovakia 14.13 q

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

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