1978 European Athletics Championships


The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
There were a number of disqualifications because of infringements of IAAF doping rules resulting in ineligibility of 18 month concerning shot putter Yevgeniy Mironov, javelin thrower Vasiliy Yershov, pentathletes Nadiya Tkachenko and Yekaterina Gordiyenko, all competing for the Soviet Union, as well as shot putter Elena Stoyanova from Bulgaria.

Men's results

Complete results were published.

Track

|1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
|1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
†: In shot put, Yevgeniy Mironov initially finished second, but was disqualified for an infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Women's results

Track

|1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
|1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |
‡: In pentathlon, Nadiya Tkachenko initially finished 1st, but was disqualified for an infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 847 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 157 athletes less than the official number of 1004, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published. The significantly higher official number might include coaches and/or officials.
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