- Medalists
- Results Final Heats Heat 1 Heat 2
- Participation
- References
{{1978 European Athletics Championships}}The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.[1] MedalistsGold | | {{flagcountry>URS|1955}} Silver | | {{flagcountry>ROU|1965}} Bronze | | {{flagcountry>BUL|1971}}
ResultsFinal3 September Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Giana Romanova | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 3:59.01 | CR | {{Silver2}} | Natalia Mărăşescu | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 3:59.77 | {{Bronze3}} | Totka Petrova | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 4:00.15 | 4 | Valentina Ilyinykh | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 4:00.18 | 5 | Grete Waitz | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 4:00.55 | NR | 6 | Gabriella Dorio | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 4:01.25 | 7 | Ulrike Bruns | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 4:02.20 | 8 | Cornelia Bürki | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 4:04.60 | 9 | Vesela Yatsinska | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 4:04.73 | 10 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 4:06.6 | 11 | Maricica Puică | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 4:09.3 | 12 | Christine Benning | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 4:11.5 |
Heats1 September Heat 1Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ulrike Bruns | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 4:11.50 | Q | 2 | Gabriella Dorio | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 4:11.5 | Q | 3 | Vesela Yatsinska | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 4:11.7 | Q | 4 | Giana Romanova | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 4:11.8 | Q | 5 | Cornelia Bürki | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 4:11.8 | Q | 6 | Brigitte Kraus | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 4:11.9 | 7 | Mary Stewart | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 4:17.5 | 8 | Tineke Kluft | {{flagcountry|NED}} | 4:17.7 | 9 | Irén Lipcsei | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} | 4:20.2 | 10 | Fernande Schmitt | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 4:31.3 |
Heat 2Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Natalia Mărăşescu | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 4:05.76 | Q | 2 | Maricica Puică | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | 4:06.1 | Q | 3 | Valentina Ilyinykh | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 4:06.3 | Q | 4 | Grete Waitz | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 4:06.3 | Q | 5 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 4:06.7 | Q | 6 | Totka Petrova | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 4:07.2 | q | 7 | Christine Benning | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 4:11.8 | q | 8 | Magdolna Lázár | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} | 4:14.4 | 9 | Drahomíra Zvoníčková | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 4:19.2 | 10 | Véronique Renties | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 4:40.3 |
ParticipationAccording to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GDR}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|ITA}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|NED}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|NOR}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (3)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|SUI}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|FRG}} (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}}
{{EC1500metres}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Womens 1500 metres}} 3 : Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships|1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships|1978 in women's athletics |