1978 European Athletics Championships

The women's javelin throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ruth Fuchs East Germany
Silver	Tessa Sanderson Great Britain
Bronze	Ute Hommola East Germany

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	69.16	AR
	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	62.40
	Ute Hommola	East Germany	62.32
4	Ute Richter	East Germany	62.04
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	61.14
6	Eva Helmschmidt	West Germany	60.96
7	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	60.18
8	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	60.14
9	Nina Nikanorova	Soviet Union	57.50
10	Jadvyga Putinienė	Soviet Union	57.28
11	Elena Burgárová	Czechoslovakia	57.22
12	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	53.10

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nina Nikanorova	Soviet Union	63.18	Q
2	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	60.36	Q
3	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	59.84	Q
4	Jadvyga Putinienė	Soviet Union	59.84	Q
5	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	59.62	Q
6	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	59.34	Q
7	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	59.04	Q
8	Ute Richter	East Germany	59.00	Q
9	Eva Helmschmidt	West Germany	58.74	Q
10	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	58.38	Q
11	Elena Burgárová	Czechoslovakia	57.40	Q
12	Ute Hommola	East Germany	57.18	Q
13	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	56.76
14	Tsvetanka Mikhailova	Bulgaria	54.72
15	Giuliana Amici	Italy	52.66
16	Lidia Berkhout	Netherlands	52.14

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships
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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