1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.

Medalists Gold Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald SchmidSilver Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard PodlasBronze Josef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaMiroslav TulisKarel Kolář

Results Final 3 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald Schmid 3:02.03 CR Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard Podlas 3:03.62 Josef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaMiroslav TulisKarel Kolář 3:03.99 4 Rolf StrittmatterPeter HaasKonstantin VogtRolf Gisler 3:04.29 5 Frank RichterGünther ArnoldAndreas BusseJürgen Pfennig 3:04.39 6 Maurice VolmarGérard BouttierHector LlatserFrancis Demarthon 3:05.63 7 Roberto TozziDaniele ZaniniStefano MalinverniPietro Mennea 3:06.7 8 Rok KopitarDragan ŽivotićMilovan SavićŽeljko Knapić 3:06.9

Heats 2 September

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Jerzy WłodarczykZbigniew JaremskiCezary ŁapińskiRyszard Podlas 3:06.45 Q 2 Rolf StrittmatterPeter HaasKonstantin VogtRolf Gisler 3:06.6 Q 3 Miroslav TulisJosef LomickýFrantišek BřečkaKarel Kolář 3:07.1 Q 4 Raymond HeerenveenKoen GijsbersMarcel KlarenbeekHarry Schulting 3:07.6 5 Eddy De LeeuwJacques BorléeRik HermansRik Vandenberghe 3:08.0 6 Terry WhiteheadGlen CohenDavid JenkinsRichard Ashton 3:39.9

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Martin WepplerFranz-Peter HofmeisterBernd HerrmannHarald Schmid 3:05.97 Q 2 Roberto TozziDaniele ZaniniStefano MalinverniPietro Mennea 3:06.5 Q 3 Maurice VolmarGérard BouttierHector LlatserFrancis Demarthon 3:06.6 Q 4 Frank RichterGünther ArnoldAndreas BusseJürgen Pfennig 3:06.8 q 5 Rok KopitarDragan ŽivotićMilovan SavićŽeljko Knapić 3:07.1 q Heikki HämäläinenMarkku KukkoahoAntti RajamäkiMarkku Taskinen DNF

Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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