1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
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The men's hammer throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]
The winning margin was 4 cm. With the conclusion of the 2024 championships, this remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's hammer throw at these championships.
Medalists
Gold | Yuriy Sedykh![]() |
Silver | Roland Steuk![]() |
Bronze | Karl-Hans Riehm![]() |
Results
Final
2 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() | 77.28 | CR |
![]() | Roland Steuk | ![]() | 77.24 | |
![]() | Karl-Hans Riehm | ![]() | 77.02 | |
4 | Detlef Gerstenberg | ![]() | 76.70 | |
5 | Manfred Hüning | ![]() | 76.46 | |
6 | Boris Zaychuk | ![]() | 75.62 | |
7 | Edoardo Podberscek | ![]() | 73.02 | |
8 | Giampaolo Urlando | ![]() | 72.62 | |
9 | Jochen Sachse | ![]() | 71.56 | |
10 | Gábor Tamás | ![]() | 70.72 | |
11 | Harri Huhtala | ![]() | 69.92 | |
12 | Klaus Ploghaus | ![]() | 69.30 |
Qualification
1 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roland Steuk | ![]() | 73.22 | Q |
2 | Karl-Hans Riehm | ![]() | 73.06 | Q |
3 | Giampaolo Urlando | ![]() | 73.04 | Q |
4 | Detlef Gerstenberg | ![]() | 72.80 | Q |
5 | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() | 71.36 | Q |
6 | Boris Zaychuk | ![]() | 71.34 | Q |
7 | Manfred Hüning | ![]() | 71.18 | Q |
8 | Klaus Ploghaus | ![]() | 70.86 | Q |
9 | Jochen Sachse | ![]() | 70.62 | Q |
10 | Edoardo Podberscek | ![]() | 70.26 | Q |
11 | Gábor Tamás | ![]() | 70.04 | Q |
12 | Harri Huhtala | ![]() | 69.84 | Q |
13 | Orlando Bianchini | ![]() | 69.78 | |
14 | Emanuil Dulgherov | ![]() | 68.96 | |
15 | Aleksey Malyukov | ![]() | 68.78 | |
16 | Richard Olsen | ![]() | 68.56 | |
17 | Jacques Accambray | ![]() | 67.78 | |
18 | Philippe Suriray | ![]() | 66.78 | |
19 | Radomil Skoumal | ![]() | 65.44 | |
20 | Chris Black | ![]() | 63.54 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (1)
East Germany (3)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Hungary (1)
Italy (3)
Norway (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Great Britain (1)
West Germany (3)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014