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

The women'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 Christiane MarquardtBarbara KrugChristina BrehmerMarita KochSilver Tatyana ProrochenkoNadezhda MushtaTatyana ProvidokhinaMariya KulchunovaBronze Małgorzata GajewskaKrystyna KacperczykGenowefa BłaszakIrena Szewińska

Results Final 3 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Christiane MarquardtBarbara KrugChristina BrehmerMarita Koch 3:21.20 CR Tatyana ProrochenkoNadezhda MushtaTatyana ProvidokhinaMariya Kulchunova 3:22.53 Małgorzata GajewskaKrystyna KacperczykGenowefa BłaszakIrena Szewińska 3:26.76 4 Karen WilliamsJoslyn HoyteVerona ElderDonna Murray 3:27.17 5 Elke DeckerElke BarthGaby BussmannSilvia Hollmann 3:27.96 6 Jarmila KratochvílováJindřiška KubečkováEva RákováJozefína Čerchlanová 3:30.4 7 Maria SamungiDoina BadescuMariana SumanElena Tărîță 3:30.7 8 Eva MohacsiRozalia HalmosiIrén OroszIlona Pál 3:32.2

Heats 2 September

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Tatyana ProrochenkoNadezhda MushtaTatyana ProvidokhinaMariya Kulchunova 3:24.2 CR Q 2 Karen WilliamsJoslyn HoyteVerona ElderDonna Murray 3:29.0 Q 3 Eva MohacsiRozalia HalmosiIrén OroszIlona Pál 3:30.7 Q 4 Eva RákováJindřiška KubečkováJozefína ČerchlanováJarmila Kratochvílová 3:31.2 Q 5 Catherine DelachanalMartine JacqueminDanièle LairloupPatricia Darbonville 3:33.8 6 Tilly VerhoefTruus van AmstelCoby KörmelingWilma Hillen 3:34.7

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Christiane MarquardtBarbara KrugChristina BrehmerMarita Koch 3:27.7 Q 2 Elke DeckerElke BarthGaby BussmannSilvia Hollmann 3:30.9 Q 3 Małgorzata GajewskaGenowefa BłaszakKrystyna KacperczykIrena Szewińska 3:31.2 Q 4 Maria SamungiDoina BadescuMariana SumanElena Tărîță 3:31.8 Q 5 Yvonne HannusBarbro LindströmMona-Lisa PursiainenPirjo Häggman 3:32.2 6 Anne MichelRosine WallezAnne-Marie Van NuffelLea Alaerts 3:33.4

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

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