| Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[1] The final was held on 3 September 1978.
Medalists
| Gold | Steve Ovett Great Britain |
| Silver | Eamonn Coghlan Ireland |
| Bronze | David Moorcroft Great Britain |
Results
Final
3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:35.59 | CR |
 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:36.57 | |
 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:36.70 | |
| 4 | Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:37.19 | |
| 5 | Antti Loikkanen |  Finland | 3:37.54 | |
| 6 | José Marajo |  France | 3:38.20 | |
| 7 | Jürgen Straub |  East Germany | 3:38.88 | |
| 8 | John Robson | Great Britain | 3:39.6 | |
| 9 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 3:39.7 | |
| 10 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 3:40.1 | |
| 11 | Rolf Gysin | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 3:41.0 | |
| 12 | Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 3:42.2 |
Heats
1 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:39.98 | Q |
| 2 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:40.0 | Q |
| 3 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 3:40.1 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:40.1 | q |
| 5 | José Marajo | France | 3:40.6 | q |
| 6 | Valeriy Abramov |  Soviet Union | 3:40.9 | |
| 7 | Bernhard Vifian | Switzerland | 3:42.5 | |
| 8 | Robert Nemeth |  Austria | 3:44.1 | |
| 9 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 3:45.0 | |
| 10 | José Manuel Abascal | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 3:47.6 | |
| 11 | Marcel Pierrard |  Luxembourg | 3:52.8 | |
| Klaas Lok |  Netherlands | DNF |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:42.94 | Q |
| 2 | Jürgen Straub | East Germany | 3:43.1 | Q |
| 3 | Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 3:43.2 | Q |
| 4 | Marc Nevens | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 3:43.2 | |
| 5 | Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3:44.1 | |
| 6 | Dietmar Millonig | Austria | 3:44.8 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Sheronov | Soviet Union | 3:45.1 | |
| 8 | Günther Hasler |  Liechtenstein | 3:46.7 | |
| 9 | Philippe Dien | France | 3:47.4 | |
| 10 | Björn Nilsson |  Sweden | 3:47.9 | |
| 11 | Jón Didriksson |  Iceland | 3:48.1 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antti Loikkanen | Finland | 3:39.66 | Q |
| 2 | John Robson | Great Britain | 3:40.0 | Q |
| 3 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 3:40.4 | Q |
| 4 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 3:40.6 | q |
| 5 | Pierre Délèze | Switzerland | 3:40.7 | |
| 6 | Günther Ruth | East Germany | 3:41.4 | |
| 7 | Lars Ericsson | Sweden | 3:42.5 | |
| 8 | Valeriy Toropov | Soviet Union | 3:45.1 | |
| 9 | Sermet Timurlenk |  Turkey | 3:45.8 | |
| 10 | Fotios Kourtis |  Greece | 3:45.9 | |
| Karl Fleschen | West Germany | DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (2)
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (3)
- Finland (2)
- France (3)
- Greece (1)
- Iceland (1)
- Ireland (2)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (3)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (2)
See also
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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