1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
| Women's shot put at the European Athletics Championships |
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| 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August 1978.[1]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Ilona Slupianek East Germany
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| Silver | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia
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| Bronze | Margitta Droese East Germany
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Results
[edit]Final
[edit]30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Ilona Slupianek | East Germany |
21.41 | CR |
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Helena Fibingerová | Czechoslovakia |
20.86 | |
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Margitta Droese | East Germany |
20.58 | |
| 4 | Svetlana Krachevskaya |  Soviet Union |
20.13 | |
| 5 | Eva Wilms |  West Germany |
19.20 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Petrova |  Bulgaria |
18.85 | |
| 7 | Svetlana Melnikova | Soviet Union |
18.63 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Loghin |  Romania |
17.35 | |
| 9 | Zdeňka Šilhavá | Czechoslovakia |
17.23 | |
| 10 | Beatrix Philipp | West Germany |
17.13 | |
| Nina Isayeva | Soviet Union |
NM | ||
| Elena Stoyanova | Bulgaria |
DQ | Doping† |
†Elena Stoyanova ranked initially 5th (19.43m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (2)
Czechoslovakia (2)
East Germany (2)
Romania (1)
Soviet Union (3)
West Germany (2)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014
European Athletics Championships champions in women's shot put | |
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