1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Evelin Jahl East Germany
Silver	Margitta Droese East Germany
Bronze	Natalya Gorbachova Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Evelin Jahl	East Germany	66.98
	Margitta Droese	East Germany	64.04
	Natalya Gorbachova	Soviet Union	63.58
4	Sabine Engel	East Germany	63.46
5	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	62.30
6	Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	61.94
7	Lyudmila Isayeva	Soviet Union	61.56
8	Jitka Prouzová	Czechoslovakia	59.90
9	Argentina Menis	Romania	58.36
10	Agnes Herczeg	Hungary	57.94
11	Rita Pfister	Switzerland	53.78
12	Ingra Manecke	West Germany	52.92
13	Meg Ritchie	Great Britain	52.64
14	Marcela Pilařová	Czechoslovakia	50.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

Hungary (1)
Romania (1)

Soviet Union (3)
Switzerland (1)

Great Britain (1)
West Germany (1)

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References

European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014

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[eaa_01-1] European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014

Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships
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Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships

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