Event: | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 4 x 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.
Gold | Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid | |
Silver | Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas | |
Bronze | Josef Lomický František Břečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář |
3 September
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left | 3:02.03 | CR | ||||
align=left | 3:03.62 | |||||
align=left | 3:03.99 | |||||
4 | align=left | 3:04.29 | ||||
5 | align=left | 3:04.39 | ||||
6 | align=left | 3:05.63 | ||||
7 | align=left | 3:06.7 | ||||
8 | align=left | 3:06.9 |
2 September
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | align=left | 3:06.45 | Q | |||
2 | align=left | 3:06.6 | Q | |||
3 | align=left | 3:07.1 | Q | |||
4 | align=left | 3:07.6 | ||||
5 | align=left | 3:08.0 | ||||
6 | align=left | 3:39.9 |
Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | align=left | 3:05.97 | Q | |||
2 | align=left | 3:06.5 | Q | |||
3 | align=left | 3:06.6 | Q | |||
4 | align=left | 3:06.8 | q | |||
5 | align=left | 3:07.1 | q | |||
align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.