1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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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 men's 200 metres 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[edit]
Gold | Pietro Mennea![]() |
Silver | Olaf Prenzler![]() |
Bronze | Peter Muster![]() |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.16 | CR |
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Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.61 | |
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Peter Muster | ![]() |
20.64 | |
4 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.68 | |
5 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.70 | |
6 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
20.74 | |
7 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
20.87 | |
8 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.92 |
Semi-finals[edit]
31 August
Semi-final 1[edit]
Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.40 | Q |
2 | Peter Muster | ![]() |
20.63 | Q |
3 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.64 | Q |
4 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.69 | Q |
5 | Vladimir Ignatenko | ![]() |
20.74 | |
6 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.08 | |
7 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() |
21.19 | |
8 | Martin Pelach | ![]() |
21.59 |
Semi-final 2[edit]
Wind: 0 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
3 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
21.08 | Q |
4 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
21.10 | Q |
5 | Luis Sarría | ![]() |
21.24 | |
6 | Dragan Zarić | ![]() |
21.28 | |
7 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
21.59 | |
Klaus Thiele | ![]() |
DNF |
Heats[edit]
31 August
Heat 1[edit]
Wind: 0.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
2 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
21.01 | Q |
3 | Dragan Zarić | ![]() |
21.13 | Q |
4 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
21.16 | Q |
5 | Roland Bombardella | ![]() |
21.17 | |
6 | Lambert Micha | ![]() |
21.36 |
Heat 2[edit]
Wind: -1.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
20.97 | Q |
2 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.32 | Q |
3 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() |
21.34 | Q |
4 | Klaus Thiele | ![]() |
21.36 | Q |
5 | Luděk Bohman | ![]() |
21.39 | |
6 | Mike Bayle | ![]() |
21.48 | |
7 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | ![]() |
21.80 |
Heat 3[edit]
Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.78 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ignatenko | ![]() |
20.98 | Q |
3 | Luis Sarría | ![]() |
21.18 | Q |
4 | Martin Pelach | ![]() |
21.48 | Q |
5 | Pavel Pavlov | ![]() |
21.50 | |
Renno Roelandt | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 4[edit]
Wind: 0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
20.82 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
3 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.97 | Q |
4 | Peter Muster | ![]() |
21.04 | Q |
5 | Trevor Hoyte | ![]() |
21.24 | |
6 | Patrick Barré | ![]() |
21.27 | |
7 | Marián Králik | ![]() |
21.47 |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (2)
Bulgaria (2)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (2)
Finland (1)
France (3)
Iceland (1)
Italy (1)
Luxembourg (2)
Poland (2)
Soviet Union (2)
Spain (1)
Switzerland (1)
Great Britain (2)
Yugoslavia (1)
References[edit]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014