1978 European Championships in Athletics

The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in Prague

Prague

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, the capital city of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

Track

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100 metres	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...	10.27	Eugen Ray Eugen Ray Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres....	10.36	Vladimir Ignatenko	10.37
200 metres	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...	20.16	Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Career:He was a European Junior silver medalist in the 100 metres in 1977...	20.61	Peter Muster	20.64
400 metres	Franz-Peter Hofmeister Franz-Peter Hofmeister Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid and Bernd...	45.73	Karel Kolář Karel Kolár Karel Kolář is a retired 400 metres runner from the Czech Republic, who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships....	45.77	Francois Demarthon	45.97
800 metres	Olaf Beyer Olaf Beyer Olaf Beyer was an East German 800 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships in Prague. In that race he beat the future world-record holder Sebastian Coe and the future Olympic Champion Steve Ovett both from the UK. Beyer's time of 1:43.84 made him temporarily the...	1:43.84	Steve Ovett Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett OBE , is a former middle distance runner from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, U.S.S.R., and set world records for 1500 metres and the mile run...	1:44.09	Sebastian Coe	1:44.76
1500 metres	Steve Ovett Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett OBE , is a former middle distance runner from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, U.S.S.R., and set world records for 1500 metres and the mile run...	3:35.59	Eamonn Coghlan Eamonn Coghlan Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish Senator and former athlete, who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres...	3:36.57	David Moorcroft David Moorcroft David Robert Moorcroft is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was awarded an MBE in...	3:36.70
5000 metres	Venanzio Ortis Venanzio Ortis Venanzio Ortis is an Italian retired long-distance runner who won two medals at the 1978 European Championships.-Biography:Ortis was born in Paluzza, province of Udine....	13:28.57	Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel is a Swiss long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic 5000 metres final in Los Angeles. He set the Swiss record at 13:07.54 min... Aleksandr Fedotkin Aleksandr Fedotkin Aleksandr Fedotkin is a retired long-distance runner who represented the Soviet Union. He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, tied with Markus Ryffel, as well as a bronze medal at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 5,000 meters...	13:28.66
10,000 metres	Martti Vainio Martti Vainio Martti Sakari Vainio is a former Finnish long distance runner. In Finland he is recognized as the last of the great runners of famous "V-line", the previous ones being Juha Väätäinen, Lasse Virén, and Pekka Vasala...	27:30.99 (NR)	Venanzio Ortis Venanzio Ortis Venanzio Ortis is an Italian retired long-distance runner who won two medals at the 1978 European Championships.-Biography:Ortis was born in Paluzza, province of Udine....	27:31.48	Aleksandras Antipovas Aleksandras Antipovas Aleksandras Antipovas is a retired Lithuanian long-distance runner who represented the USSR under the name Aleksandr Antipov.-Achievements:-References:*...	27:31.50
Marathon	Leonid Moseyev Leonid Moseyev Leonid Nikolaevich Moseyev is a retired male long-distance runner from Russia, who won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1978 European Championships in Prague. He twice competed in the same event for the Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 .-Achievements:-References:*...	2:11:57.5	Nikolay Penzin	2:11:59.0	Karel Lismont Karel Lismont Karel Lismont is a former Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the same event. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1971, he won a gold...	2:12:07.7
110 metres hurdles	Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics....	13.44	Jan Pusty Jan Pusty Jan Pusty is a retired male hurdler from Poland. His personal best was 13.53 seconds on the 110m hurdles.He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, and finished fifth at the 1980 Olympics.-Achievements:...	13.55	Arto Bryggare Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13,35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in...	13.56
400 metres hurdles	Harald Schmid Harald Schmid Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...	48.51	Dmitriy Stukalov	49.72	Vasyl Arkhypenko	49.77
3000 metres steeplechase	Bronislaw Malinowski	8:15.08	Patriz Ilg Patriz Ilg Patriz Ilg is a retired 3000 m steeplechaser from West Germany.He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships and gold medals at the 1982 European Championships in Athens and the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki...	8:16.92	Ismo Toukonen	8:18.29
20 kilometres walk	Roland Wieser Roland Wieser Roland Wieser is an East German racewalker who won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometer walk during the 1980 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:25:59 hours. During his active career he measured 1.86 meters in height and 68 kg in weight.Wieser's first success came at an early age, when he became the...	1:23:11.5	Pyotr Pochenchuk Pyotr Pochenchuk Pyotr Ivanovich Pochinchuk was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's 20 kilometer walk during his career...	1:23:43.0	Anatoly Solomin	1:24:11.5
50 kilometres walk	Jorge Llopart Jorge Llopart Jorge Llopart is a retired Spanish race walker.- Achievements :- External links :*... Spain	3:53:29.9	Veniamin Soldatenko Veniamin Soldatenko Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata...	3:55:12.1	Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch is a retired male race walker from Poland. He is the younger brother of Eugeniusz Ornoch and uncle of Mariusz Ornoch.-Achievements:-References:...	3:55:15.9
4x100 metres relay	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.... Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the European championship.... Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was polish champion on 6 occasions.He won a European Championship Gold medal in 1978 in the 4x100 metres.... Marian Woronin Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres...	38.58	Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot was an East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada... Eugen Ray Eugen Ray Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres.... Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler Olaf Prenzler is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Career:He was a European Junior silver medalist in the 100 metres in 1977... Alexander Thieme Alexander Thieme Alexander Thieme was an East German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer and Klaus-Dieter...	38.78	Sergey Vladimirsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Aleksandr Aksinin trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4x100 m relay team. He won silver in 1975, bronze... Vladimir Ignatenko	38.82
4x400 metres relay	Martin Weppler Martin Weppler Martin Weppler is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.- Biography :He was born in Schramberg. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Championships together with Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann und Harald Schmid... Franz-Peter Hofmeister Franz-Peter Hofmeister Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid and Bernd... Bernd Herrmann Bernd Herrmann Bernd Herrmann was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Lothar Krieg and Harald... Harald Schmid Harald Schmid Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...	3:02.03	Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Zbigniew Jaremski Zbigniew Jaremski was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was born in Zabrze and represented the club Górnik Zabrze. He competed in 400 metres at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the 4 x 400 metres relay he finished fifth with the... Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas Ryszard Podlas Ryszard Podlas was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was born in Białobrzezie and represented the club Technika Pracze. He won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics with his teammates Jan Werner, Zbigniew Jaremski and Jerzy Pietrzyk...	3:03.62	Josef Lomický František Brečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář Karel Kolár Karel Kolář is a retired 400 metres runner from the Czech Republic, who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships....	3:04.99

Field

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High jump	Vladimir Yashchenko Vladimir Yashchenko Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko or Volodymyr Yashchenko was a member of the USSR national team and former world record holder in the high jump . He first broke the record at age 18, at the USA-USSR dual meet in Richmond, Virginia, 1977...	2.30	Aleksandr Grigoryev	2.28	Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt is a retired East German high jumper.Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981....	2.28
Long jump	Jacques Rousseau Jacques Rousseau (athlete) This is an article about Jacques Rousseau the athlete. For the 17th century French Huguenot painter, see Jacques Rousseau.Jacques Rousseau is a French athlete born on March 10, 1951 in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe...	8.18	Nenad Stekić Nenad Stekic Nenad Stekić is a retired Serbian and Yugoslav long jumper, best known for his two silver medals at the European Championships. His personal best was 8.45 metres, was a European record, achieved in July 1975 in Montreal. In the seam yaeras, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia in choice...	8.12	Vladimir Tsepelyov Vladimir Tsepelyov Vladimir Tsepelyov is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-External links:*...	8.01
Pole vault	Vladimir Trofimenko Vladimir Trofimenko Vladimir Trofimenko is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. He won the 1978 European Championships in Athletics as well as two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:-References:*...	5.55	Antti Kalliomäki Antti Kalliomäki Antti Kalliomäki has been a Finnish politician and former athlete. Mr. Kalliomäki is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 1983. He has announced his retirement in 2011.-Politics:He served as Minister of Trade and Industry in...	5.50	Rauli Pudas Rauli Pudas Rauli Antero Pudas is a retired male pole vaulter from Finland. His personal best jump was 5.60 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Raahe. He became Finnish champion in 1980.-Achievements:-References:...	5.45
Triple jump	Miloš Srejović	16.94	Viktor Saneyev Viktor Saneyev Viktor Saneyev is a retired triple jumper, who competed internationally for the USSR and won four Olympic medals; three golds and one silver . He was born in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR. He dominated the event during the late 1960s and 1970s...	16.93	Anatoly Piskulin	16.87
Shot put	Udo Beyer Udo Beyer Udo Beyer is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put.- Life :Beyer is the oldest of the six children of heating mechanic Hans-Georg Beyer and his wife Eva-Marie and was born in Stalinstadt, today Eisenhüttenstadt. He grew up in Breslack, , and in Eisenhüttenstadt...	21.08	Yevgeny Mironov	20.87	Aleksandr Baryshnikov Aleksandr Baryshnikov Aleksandr Georgievich Baryshnikov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Shot Put. He trained at Dynamo in Leningrad.He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the Shot Put where he won the bronze medal...	20.68
Discus throw	Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt is a former German track and field athlete, who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics. Schmidt made headlines in 1982...	66.82	Markku Tuokko Markku Tuokko Markku Tuokko is a retired Finnish discus thrower and shot putter.At the 1978 European Championships, Tuokko won the silver medal in discus with a result of 64.90 metres. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished ninth. In Montreal 1976 he didn't make it past the qualifying round...	64.90	Imrich Bugár Imrich Bugár Imrich Bugár born 14 April 1955) is a champion discus thrower. An ethnic Hungarian who represented Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, his career highlights include an Olympic silver medal from 1980, a European Championship title from 1982 and a gold medal in the inaugural World...	64.66
Javelin throw	Michael Wessing Michael Wessing Michael Thomas Maria Wessing is a retired West German javelin thrower.He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships, won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics...	89.12	Nikolay Grebniev	87.82	Wolfgang Hanisch Wolfgang Hanisch Wolfgang Hanisch was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the javelin throw....	87.66
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh Yuriy Sedykh Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw....	77.28	Roland Steuk Roland Steuk thumb\|172px\|Roland Steuk on July 1, 1978 in LeipzigRoland Steuk is a retired East German hammer thrower.At the 1977 European Junior Championships he won the hammer throw and took a silver medal in shot put...	77.24	Karl-Hans Riehm Karl-Hans Riehm Karl-Hans Riehm is a former West German hammer thrower.His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the silver medal. At the previous Olympics he had a tenth place from 1972 and a fourth place from 1976...	77.02
Decathlon	Aleksandr Grebenyuk Aleksandr Grebenyuk Aleksandr Grebenyuk is a retired decathlete from the Soviet Union. He set the best world's year performance in 1977, collecting 8400 points at a meet in Riga on 3 July 1977. He won the European title in 1978, and collected three Soviet titles .-Achievements:-References:* *...	8340	Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times....	8289	Siegfried Stark Siegfried Stark Siegfried Stark is a retired East German decathlete.He won the bronze medals at the European Championships in 1978 and 1982. At the Olympic Games he finished sixth in 1976 and did not finish in 1980....	8208

Track

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100 metres	Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...	11.13	Linda Haglund Linda Haglund Linda Haglund is a former Swedish Olympic sprinter, born June 15, 1956 in Enskede, Sweden.- Running career :Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed great promise as a future sprinting star by recording, barefoot,...	11.29	Lyudmila Maslakova	11.31
200 metres	Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva is a Russian athlete, who competed for the USSR and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion....	22.52	Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...	22.53	Carla Bodendorf Carla Bodendorf Carla Bodendorf is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres sprint.She competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Marlies Oelsner, Olympic 100 and 200 metre champion Renate...	22.64
400 metres	Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...	48.94	Christina Brehmer	50.38	Irena Szewińska Irena Szewinska Irena Szewińska is a retired Polish Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events....	50.40
800 metres	Tatyana Providokhina Tatyana Providokhina Tatyana Providokhina is a Soviet athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where she won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event. She also won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1978 European...	1:55.80	Nadezhda Mushta Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva...	1:55.82	Zoya Rigel	1:56.57
1500 metres	Giana Romanova	3:59.01	Natalia Marasescu Natalia Marasescu Natalia Mărăşescu is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres.... Romania	3:59.77	Totka Petrova Totka Petrova Totka Nikolaeva Petrova is a retired female middle distance runner who represented Bulgaria in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres, and won numerous international medals. She is still the Bulgarian 1500 metres record holder.-Career:She was born in Yambol, and... Bulgaria	4:00.15
3000 metres	Svetlana Ulmasova Svetlana Ulmasova Svetlana Ulmasova was a retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union and a former world record holder in the women's 3000 metres .-Achievements:-External links:*...	8:33.16	Natalia Marasescu Natalia Marasescu Natalia Mărăşescu is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres.... Romania	8:33.53	Grete Waitz Grete Waitz Grete Waitz was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history...	8:34.33
100 metres hurdles	Johanna Klier Johanna Schaller-Klier Johanna Schaller-Klier is a retired hurdler and Olympic gold medallist. She became East German champion in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980.-Achievements:-References:*...	12.62	Tatyana Anisimova Tatyana Anisimova Tatyana Anisimova is a retired hurdler who represented the USSR. Anisimova trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad. She won two bronze medals at the European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics.- Achievements :-References:...	12.67	Gudrun Berend Gudrun Berend Gudrun Berend, married Wakan is a retired East German hurdler. She represented the sports team SC Chemie Halle....	12.73
400 metres hurdles	Tatiana Zelentsova	54.89	Silvia Hollmann Silvia Hollmann Silvia Hollmann-Schieck is a retired West German hurdler.At the 1978 European Championships she won the silver medal in 400 m hurdles and finished fifth in 4 x 400 m relay. She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...	55.14	Karin Roßley Karin Roßley Karin Roßley, is a retired East German hurdler, who represented the sports team SC Cottbus. She was born in Cottbus.She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships....	55.36
4x100 metres relay	Vera Anisimova Vera Anisimova Vera Anisimova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow... Lyudmila Maslakova Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva is a Russian athlete, who competed for the USSR and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.... Liudmila Storoshkova	42.54	Beverley Goddard Beverley Goddard Beverley Lanita Callender is a British athlete who competed for Great Britain and Reading Athletic Club mainly in the 100 metres 200 metres and 4x100m Relay.... Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman Sonia Lannaman Sonia May Lannaman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed in her first Olympics in 1972 where she set a British junior record of 11.45 sec. In 1973 she became European junior champion winning gold in the 100 metres followed by a bronze in the 4 x 100 metres relay...	42.72	Johanna Klier Johanna Schaller-Klier Johanna Schaller-Klier is a retired hurdler and Olympic gold medallist. She became East German champion in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980.-Achievements:-References:*... Monika Hamann Monika Hamann Monika Hamann, née Meyer is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. She represented the sports team SC Neubrandenburg.... Carla Bodendorf Carla Bodendorf Carla Bodendorf is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres sprint.She competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Marlies Oelsner, Olympic 100 and 200 metre champion Renate... Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...	43.07
4x400 metres relay	Christiane Marquardt Christiane Marquardt Christiane Marquardt is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1978 European Championships she finished fifth in the 400 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay, together with Barbara Krug, Marita Koch und Christina Brehmer.She represented the sports team... Barbara Krug Barbara Krug Barbara Krug is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1978 European Championships she won a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt, Christina Lathan and Marita Koch... Christina Brehmer Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...	3:21.20	Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Prorochenko is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporozhye... Nadezhda Mushta Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva... Tatyana Providokhina Tatyana Providokhina Tatyana Providokhina is a Soviet athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where she won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event. She also won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1978 European... Mariya Kulchunova Mariya Pinigina Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kiev...	3:22.53	Małgorzata Grajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska Irena Szewinska Irena Szewińska is a retired Polish Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events....	3:26.76

Field

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High jump	Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.-Biography:...	2.01	Rosemarie Ackermann Rosemarie Ackermann Rosemarie Ackermann is a former East German high jumper. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on 26 August 1977 in Berlin.She was born as Rosemarie Witschas in Lohsa, Sachsen...	1.99	Brigitte Holzapfel Brigitte Holzapfel Brigitte Elisabeth Holzapfel is a retired West German high jumper.At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won a bronze medal in the high jump and a gold medal in pentathlon...	1.95
Long jump	Vilma Bardauskienė Vilma Bardauskiene Vilhelmina "Vilma" Bardauskienė is a former long jumper from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She twice set the women's world record in the long jump, and won the European title in 1978 . She was born in Pakruojis.Bardauskienė was the first female...	6.88	Angela Voigt Angela Voigt Angela Voigt, née Schmalfeld is a retired East German long jumper.She was born in Weferlingen.Voigt was originally a pentathlete, and finished third and second at the East German championships in 1972 and 1973. Because of injuries she eventually concentrated on the long jump only...	6.79	Jarmila Nygrýnová Jarmila Nygrýnová Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková was a long jumper from the Czech Republic, representing Czechoslovakia. She won six medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships....	6.69
Shot put	Ilona Slupianek Ilona Slupianek Ilona Briesenick, née Schoknecht divorced Slupianek is a retired German athlete, who starred mainly in the shot put...	21.41	Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records...	20.86	Margitta Droese Margitta Pufe Margitta Pufe, born Ludewig, , is a German track athlete, who from the mid 1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers...	20.58
Discus throw	Evelin Jahl Evelin Jahl Evelin Jahl, née Schlaak is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals as an athlete representing East Germany....	66.98	Margitta Droese Margitta Pufe Margitta Pufe, born Ludewig, , is a German track athlete, who from the mid 1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers...	64.04	Natalya Gorbachova	63.58
Javelin throw	Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games...	69.16	Tessa Sanderson Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione Sanderson CBE is a former British javelin thrower and heptathlete who competed in the javelin competition in every one of the six Olympics from 1976–1996 winning the Gold medal in 1984...	62.40	Ute Hommola Ute Hommola Ute Hommola is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event....	62.32
Pentathlon	Margit Papp	4655	Burglinde Pollak Burglinde Pollak Burglinde Pollak, née Grimm, is a German athlete who mainly competed in the women's pentathlon....	4600	Kristine Nitzsche Kristine Nitzsche Kristine Nitzsche is a retired East German athlete who competed in the pentathlon and high jump.She won both events at the 1977 European Junior Championships...	4599

Medals table

1	Soviet Union	12	12	11	35
2	German Democratic Republic	12	10	10	32
3	West Germany	4	2	2	8
4	Italy	4	1	0	5
5	Poland	2	2	3	7
6	United Kingdom	1	4	2	7
7	Finland	1	2	3	6
8	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1	1	0	2
9	Early Modern France	1	0	1	2
10	Hungary	1	0	0	1
10	Spain	1	0	0	1
12	Czechoslovakia	0	2	3	5
13	Romania	0	2	0	2
14	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
15	Republic of Ireland	0	1	0	1
15	Sweden	0	1	0	1
17	Belgium	0	0	1	1
17	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
17	Norway	0	0	1	1
19	Total	40	41	39	120

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