- Medalists
- Results Final 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 hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29, 30, and 31 August 1978.[1] MedalistsGold | | {{flagcountry>FRG}} Silver | | {{flagcountry>URS|1955}} Bronze | | {{flagcountry>URS|1955}}
ResultsFinal31 August Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Harald Schmid | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 48.51 | CR | {{Silver2}} | Dmitriy Stukalov | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 49.72 | {{Bronze3}} | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 49.77 | 4 | Franz Meier | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 49.84 | 5 | Harry Schulting | {{flagcountry|NED}} | 50.07 | 6 | Jean-Claude Nallet | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 50.10 | 7 | José Alonso | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 50.19 | 8 | Horia Toboc | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 50.46 |
Semi-finals30 August Semi-final 1Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harald Schmid | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 50.07 | Q | 2 | José Alonso | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 50.32 | Q | 3 | Horia Toboc | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 50.42 | Q | 4 | Dmitriy Stukalov | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 50.51 | Q | 5 | Stavros Tziortzis | {{flagcountry|GRE}} | 50.83 | 6 | Peter Haas | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 51.29 | 7 | Axel Salander | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 51.63 | 8 | Yanko Bratanov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 52.39 |
Semi-final 2Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 49.92 | Q | 2 | Jean-Claude Nallet | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 49.98 | Q | 3 | Franz Meier | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 50.12 | Q | 4 | Harry Schulting | {{flagcountry|NED}} | 50.22 | Q | 5 | Georgios Parris | {{flagcountry|GRE}} | 50.66 | 6 | Rok Kopitar | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 50.98 | 7 | Lars-Åke Welander | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 50.99 | 8 | Thomas Löwe | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 51.96 |
Heats29 August Heat 1Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dmitriy Stukalov | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 50.35 | Q | 2 | Harry Schulting | {{flagcountry|NED}} | 50.39 | Q | 3 | Peter Haas | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 50.45 | Q | 4 | José Carvalho | {{flagcountry|POR}} | 51.02 | 5 | Christer Gullstrand | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 51.03 | 6 | Gary Oakes | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 52.08 | 7 | Felix Rummele | {{flagcountry|AUT}} | 52.13 |
Heat 2Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Thomas Löwe | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 50.34 | Q | 2 | Yanko Bratanov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 50.45 | Q | 3 | Horia Toboc | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 50.75 | Q | 4 | Oleg Bulatkin | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 50.90 | 5 | Claude Anicet | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 51.68 | 6 | Miroslav Kodejš | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 51.98 | 7 | Bill Hartley | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 52.15 |
Heat 3Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harald Schmid | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 49.78 | Q | 2 | Rok Kopitar | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 50.43 | Q | 3 | Georgios Parris | {{flagcountry|GRE}} | 50.45 | Q | 4 | Jean-Claude Nallet | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 50.49 | q | 5 | Alan Pascoe | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 50.95 | 6 | Ladislav Kárský | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 51.38 | 7 | Lars Nilsen | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 51.48 |
Heat 4Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 50.15 | Q | 2 | José Alonso | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 50.27 | Q | 3 | Stavros Tziortzis | {{flagcountry|GRE}} | 50.49 | Q | 4 | Axel Salander | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 50.55 | q | 5 | Franz Meier | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 50.66 | q | 6 | Lars-Åke Welander | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 50.72 | q |
ParticipationAccording to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|AUT}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|DEN}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|GRE}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|NED}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|POR}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|SWE}} (2)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|SUI}} (2)
- {{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}}
{{EC400metreshurdles}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Mens 400 metres hurdles}} 2 : Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships|400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships |