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

The women's 3000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Ulmasova  Soviet Union
Silver	Natalia Mărăşescu  Romania
Bronze	Grete Waitz  Norway

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	8:33.16	CR
	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	8:33.53
	Grete Waitz	Norway	8:34.33
4	Maricica Puică	Romania	8:40.94
5	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	8:45.74
6	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	8:46.13
7	Raisa Belousova	Soviet Union	8:48.73
8	Paula Fudge	Great Britain	8:48.74
9	Ann Ford	Great Britain	8:53.08
10	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	9:02.87
11	Magdolna Lázár	Hungary	9:05.14
12	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	9:05.21
13	Glynis Penny	Great Britain	9:08.9
14	Helena Ledvinová	Czechoslovakia	9:10.9
15	Mary Purcell	Ireland	9:11.9
16	Loa Olafsson	Denmark	9:12.0
17	Božena Sudická	Czechoslovakia	9:12.9
18	Bernadette Van Roy	Belgium	9:13.9
19	Deirdre Nagle	Ireland	9:21.9
20	Daniele Justin	Belgium	9:24.0
21	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	9:25.5
22	Tineke Kluft	Netherlands	9:31.0
23	Carmen Valero	Spain	9:34.0
24	Miroslava Margoldová	Czechoslovakia	9:36.1
25	Connie Olsen	Denmark	9:40.6
	Birgit Friedmann	West Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References