- Medalists
- Results Semi-finals Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4
- Participation
- References
{{1978 European Athletics Championships}}The men's 400 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1] MedalistsGold | | {{flagcountry>FRG}} Silver | | {{flagcountry>TCH}} Bronze | | {{flagcountry>FRA}}
Results1 September Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 45.73 | {{Silver2}} | Karel Kolář | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 45.77 | NR | {{Bronze3}} | Francis Demarthon | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 45.97 | 4 | Lothar Krieg | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.22 | 5 | Terry Whitehead | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.23 | 6 | Richard Ashton | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.34 | 7 | Bernd Herrmann | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.69 | 8}} | Jerzy Pietrzyk | {{flagcountry|POL}} | DNS |
Semi-finals31 August Semi-final 1Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 46.27 | Q | 2 | Karel Kolář | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 46.28 | Q | 3 | Lothar Krieg | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.33 | Q | 4 | Terry Whitehead | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.69 | Q | 5 | Glen Cohen | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.91 | 6 | Eddy De Leeuw | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 47.17 | 7 | Stefano Malinverni | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 47.18 | 8 | Maurice Volmar | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 47.50 |
Semi-final 2Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bernd Herrmann | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.09 | Q | 2 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.18 | Q | 3 | Francis Demarthon | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46.26 | Q | 4 | Richard Ashton | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.32 | Q | 5 | Miroslav Tulis | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 46.37 | 6 | Ryszard Podlas | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 46.59 | 7 | Viktor Burakov | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 46.91 | 8 | Jens Hansen | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 47.35 |
Heats30 August Heat 1Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karel Kolář | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 46.33 | Q | 2 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 46.75 | Q | 3 | Viktor Burakov | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 47.18 | Q | 4 | Željko Knapić | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 47.51 | 5 | Ornélien Gombault | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 47.91 | 6 | Mike Bayle | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 48.71 | 7 | Alfons Brijdenbach | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 53.05 |
Heat 2Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.28 | Q | 2 | Richard Ashton | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.63 | Q | 3 | Miroslav Tulis | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 46.77 | Q | 4 | Maurice Volmar | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46.94 | q | 5 | Eddy De Leeuw | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 47.27 | q | 6 | Koen Gijsbers | {{flagcountry|NED}} | 47.65 |
Heat 3Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lothar Krieg | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.57 | Q | 2 | Francis Demarthon | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 46.73 | Q | 3 | Glen Cohen | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 47.05 | Q | 4 | Jens Hansen | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 47.28 | q | 5 | Rijk Van den Berghe | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 47.55 | 6 | Ossi Karttunen | {{flagcountry|FIN}} | 48.02 |
Heat 4Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bernd Herrmann | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 46.50 | Q | 2 | Terry Whitehead | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 46.61 | Q | 3 | Ryszard Podlas | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 46.81 | Q | 4 | Stefano Malinverni | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 47.03 | q | 5 | Markku Kukkoaho | {{flagcountry|FIN}} | 47.33 | 6 | Frank Schaffer | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 47.59 |
ParticipationAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|BEL}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|DEN}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GDR}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|FIN}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|ITA}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|NED}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|POL}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|FRG}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} (1)
{{col-end}}References1. ^{{ Citation | last = | first = | date = | title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf| pages = 427-435| publisher = European Athletics Association| language = | accessdate = 13 August 2014}}
{{EC400metres}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Mens 400 metres}} 2 : Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships|400 metres at the European Athletics Championships |