| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 200 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.
| Gold | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | |
| Silver | Marlies Göhr | |
| Bronze | Carla Bodendorf |
1 SeptemberWind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 22.52 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 22.53 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 22.64 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 22.76 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 22.77 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 22.89 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.07 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 23.23 |
31 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.86 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 22.86 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 22.99 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 23.12 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.36 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.41 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 23.89 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 24.18 |
Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 22.92 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 22.98 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.11 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 23.12 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23.30 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 23.37 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.56 |
31 August
Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 23.23 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 23.54 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 23.73 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 23.96 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.99 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 24.55 |
Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 23.11 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 23.35 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 23.46 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.48 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 23.70 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.84 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 24.12 |
Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 23.26 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 23.38 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 23.40 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.54 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.62 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 24.30 |
Wind: 0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.92 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 22.93 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 23.11 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.56 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 23.96 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23.97 |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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