1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.Medalists
Results
Final
3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 66.82 | |
| Markku Tuokko | FIN | 64.90 | |
| Imrich Bugár | TCH | 64.66 | |
| 4 | Velko Velev | | 64.56 | |
| 5 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 63.76 | |
| 6 | Alwin Wagner | FRG | 62.70 | |
| 7 | Dmitriy Kovtsun | | 61.84 | |
| 8 | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 61.28 | |
| 9 | Ferenc Tégla | | 60.22 | |
| 10 | Ihor Duhinets | | 59.80 | |
| 11 | Óskar Jakobsson | ISL | 59.44 | |
| 12 | Silvano Simeon | ITA | 59.16 | |
Qualification
2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 67.20 | CR Q |
| 2 | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 63.80 | Q |
| 3 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 62.82 | Q |
| 4 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 62.36 | Q |
| 5 | Alwin Wagner | FRG | 62.04 | Q |
| 6 | Ihor Duhinets | | 61.52 | Q |
| 7 | Imrich Bugár | TCH | 60.96 | Q |
| 8 | Dmitriy Kovtsun | | 60.96 | Q |
| 9 | Óskar Jakobsson | ISL | 60.86 | Q |
| 10 | Ferenc Tégla | | 59.82 | Q |
| 11 | Velko Velev | | 59.62 | Q |
| 12 | Silvano Simeon | ITA | 59.28 | Q |
| 13 | Werner Hartmann | FRG | 59.14 | |
| 14 | Dariusz Juzyszyn | POL | 58.86 | |
| 15 | Ludvík Daněk | TCH | 58.60 | |
| 16 | Armando De Vincentiis | ITA | 58.20 | |
| 17 | Frédéric Piette | FRA | 57.54 | |
| 18 | Josef Šilhavý | TCH | 57.28 | |
| 19 | Juhani Tuomola | FIN | 56.38 | |
| 20 | János Faragó | | 56.14 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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