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European Championships - Results Men 1978
Czechoslovakia - Praha - 19 August 1978 - 6 September 1978
Men's 10000 m - 29 August 1978
| 1 |  Martti Vainio (FIN) | 27:30.99 |
| 2 |  Venanzio Ortis (ITA) | 27:31.48 |
| 3 |  Aleksandras Antipovas (URS) | 27:31.50 |
| 4 |  Brendan Foster (GBR) | 27:32.65 |
| 5 | David Black (GBR) | 27:36.27 |
| 6 |  Gerard Tebroke (NED) | 27:36.64 |
| 7 |  Ilie Floroiu (ROM) | 27:40.06 |
| 8 | Enn Sellik (URS) | 27:40.61 |
| 9 |  Knut Kvalheim (NOR) | 27:41.26 |
| 10 |  Jerzy Kowol (POL) | 27:53.61 |
| 11 |  John Treacy (IRL) | 8:15.08 |
| 12 |  Leon Schots (BEL) | 8:16.92 |
| 13 | Catalin Andreica (ROM) | 8:18.29 |
| 14 |  Mike Mcleod (ENG) | 8:19.01 |
| 15 | øyvind Dahl (NOR) | 8:20.41 |
| 16 | Frank Grillaert (BEL) | 8:24.86 |
| 17 | Ryszard Kopijasz (POL) | 8:29.10 |
| 18 | Karel Lismont (BEL) | 8:31.94 |
| 19 |  Waldemar Cierpinski (DDR) | 8:33.29 |
| 20 | Karel Gaba (CZE) | 8:25.43 |
Men's 100 m - 30 August 1978
| 1 | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 10.27 |
| 2 | Eugen Ray (DDR) | 10.36 |
| 3 | Vladimir Ignatenko (URS) | 10.37 |
| 4 |  Petar Petrov (BUL) | 10.41 |
| 5 | Leszek Dunecki (POL) | 10.43 |
| 6 | Allan Wells (GBR) | 10.45 |
| 7 | Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS) | 10.46 |
| 8 | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 10.55 |
- Men's 100 m - Detailed results
Men's 100 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Allan Wells (GBR)10.40 2 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.50 3 
Joseph Arame (FRA)10.59 4 Lambert Micha (BEL)10.63 5 
Franco Fähndrich (SWI)10.64 6 Ladislav Latocha (CZE)10.73 7 Ivaylo Karanyotov (BUL)10.78 Men's 100 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)10.19 2 Leszek Dunecki (POL)10.31 3 Vladimir Ignatenko (URS)10.38 4 
Dragan Zaric (YUG)10.59 5 Ronald Desruelles (BEL)10.60 6 
Stefan Nilsson (SWE)10.62 7 Otakar Wild (CZE)10.73 Men's 100 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Eugen Ray (DDR)10.30 2 Marian Woronin (POL)10.50 3 Stefano Curini (ITA)10.58 4 Kenth Rönn (SWE)10.58 5 Pierrick Thessard (FRA)10.79 6 
Gernot Assing (AUT)10.86 7 Veselin Panov (BUL)10.90 Men's 100 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1978
1 Petar Petrov (BUL)10.44 2 Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)10.49 3 
Lambros Kefalas (GRE)10.53 4 Giovanni Grazioli (ITA)10.55 5 Alexander Thieme (DDR)10.55 6 Zdenek Mazur (CZE)10.73 7 
Vilmundur Vilhjalmsson (ISL)10.76 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)10.26 2 Vladimir Ignatenko (URS)10.45 3 Petar Petrov (BUL)10.46 4 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.53 5 Marian Woronin (POL)10.54 6 Kenth Rönn (SWE)10.63 7 Stefano Curini (ITA)10.72 8 Lambert Micha (BEL)10.74 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Eugen Ray (DDR)10.30 2 Leszek Dunecki (POL)10.38 3 Allan Wells (GBR)10.38 4 Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)10.43 5 Giovanni Grazioli (ITA)10.58 6 Lambros Kefalas (GRE)10.60 7 Joseph Arame (FRA)10.64 8 Dragan Zaric (YUG)10.69 Men's 100 m - Final - 30 August 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)10.27 2 Eugen Ray (DDR)10.36 3 Vladimir Ignatenko (URS)10.37 4 Petar Petrov (BUL)10.41 5 Leszek Dunecki (POL)10.43 6 Allan Wells (GBR)10.45 7 Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)10.46 8 Valeriy Borzov (URS)10.55
Men's Javelin throw - 30 August 1978
| 1 |  Michael Wessing (FDR) | 89.12 |
| 2 | Nikolay Grebnyev (URS) | 87.82 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Hanisch (DDR) | 87.66 |
| 4 | Detlef Michel (DDR) | 85.46 |
| 5 | Helmut Schreiber (FDR) | 83.58 |
| 6 |  Miklós Németh (HUN) | 83.58 |
| 7 | Piotr Bielczyk (POL) | 81.80 |
| 8 | Terje Thorslund (NOR) | 80.42 |
| 9 | Ferenc Paragi (HUN) | 79.08 |
| 10 | Sándor Boros (HUN) | 78.78 |
| 11 | Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) | 77.10 |
| 12 | Seppo Hovinen (FIN) | 73.08 |
| 13 | Antero Puranen (FIN) | 72.74 |
- Men's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Men's Javelin throw - Qualification - 29 August 1978
1 Ferenc Paragi (HUN)86.04 2 Nikolay Grebnyev (URS)85.18 3 Helmut Schreiber (FDR)85.16 4 Wolfgang Hanisch (DDR)84.50 5 Antero Puranen (FIN)84.42 6 Miklós Németh (HUN)83.48 7 Sándor Boros (HUN)83.22 8 Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)82.46 9 Michael Wessing (FDR)81.84 10 Seppo Hovinen (FIN)80.94 11 Detlef Michel (DDR)80.48 12 Terje Thorslund (NOR)80.22 13 Piotr Bielczyk (POL)80.06 14 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)78.60 15 Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)78.58 16 Jozef Hanak (CZE)78.56 17 Raimo Pihl (SWE)78.42 18 Per-Eric Smiding (SWE)76.36 19 Peter Yates (GBR)75.82 20 Tomas Babiak (CZE)75.20 21 Tudorel Pirvu (ROM)75.14 22 Vincenzo Marchetti (ITA)71.80 Men's Javelin throw - Final - 30 August 1978
1 Michael Wessing (FDR)89.12 2 Nikolay Grebnyev (URS)87.82 3 Wolfgang Hanisch (DDR)87.66 4 Detlef Michel (DDR)85.46 5 Helmut Schreiber (FDR)83.58 6 Miklós Németh (HUN)83.58 7 Piotr Bielczyk (POL)81.80 8 Terje Thorslund (NOR)80.42 9 Ferenc Paragi (HUN)79.08 10 Sándor Boros (HUN)78.78 11 Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)77.10 12 Seppo Hovinen (FIN)73.08 13 Antero Puranen (FIN)72.74
Men's 20 km walk - 30 August 1978
| 1 | Roland Wieser (DDR) | 1u23:11.5 |
| 2 | Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS) | 1u23:43.0 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Solomin (URS) | 1u24:11.5 |
| 4 | Boris Yakovlev (URS) | 1u24:27.9 |
| 5 |  José Marín (SPA) | 1u24:38.1 |
| 6 | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1u24:57.5 |
| 7 | Hartwig Gauder (DDR) | 1u25:15.7 |
| 8 | Roberto Buccione (ITA) | 1u25:40.9 |
| 9 | Bogdan Bulakowski (POL) | 1u25:56.8 |
| 10 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | 1u26:13.5 |
| 11 | Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) | 1u26:42.3 |
| 12 | Alessandro Pezzatini (ITA) | 1u26:44.2 |
| 13 | Juraj Bencík (CZE) | 1u27:47.4 |
| 14 | Svetozar Blazek (CZE) | 1u27:49.3 |
| 15 |  Lucien Faber (LUX) | 1u29:19.7 |
| 16 | Stanislaw Rola (POL) | 1u29:22.0 |
| 17 | Imre Stankovics (HUN) | 1u29:33.3 |
| 18 | Stefan Petrik (CZE) | 1u30:08.4 |
| 19 | Owe Hemmingsson (SWE) | 1u30:44.2 |
| 20 | Alfons Schwarz (FDR) | 1u31:17.6 |
| 21 | Roger-Georg Mills (GBR) | 1u31:52.5 |
| 22 | Yancho Kamenov (BUL) | 1u32:08.9 |
| 23 | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1u32:13.0 |
| 24 | Alf Brandt (SWE) | 1u32:41.7 |
| 25 | Brian Adams (GBR) | 1u33:08.2 |
| 26 | Amos Seddon (GBR) | 1u34:17.8 |
| 27 | Knut Arne Strømøy (NOR) | 1u36:01.9 |
Men's 800 m - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Olaf Beyer (DDR) | 1:43.8 |
| 2 | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 1:44.1 |
| 3 | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 1:44.8 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Reshetnyak (URS) | 1:45.8 |
| 5 | Vladimir Podolyako (URS) | 1:46.2 |
| 6 | Andreas Busse (DDR) | 1:47.1 |
| 7 | Dragan Zivotic (YUG) | 1:47.4 |
| 8 | José Marajo (FRA) | 1:53.4 |
- Men's 800 m - Detailed results
Men's 800 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Steve Ovett (GBR)1:47.8 2 Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR)1:48.1 3 Markku Taskinen (FIN)1:48.3 4 Detlef Wagenknecht (DDR)1:48.4 5 Vladimir Malozemlin (URS)1:48.6 6 Carlo Grippo (ITA)1:48.6 Men's 800 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Olaf Beyer (DDR)1:47.72 2 Arno Körmeling (NED)1:48.1 3 
Günther Hasler (LIE)1:48.5 4 Justin Gloden (LUX)1:49.0 5 Peter Hoffmann (GBR)1:49.3 Men's 800 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Andreas Busse (DDR)1:49.08 2 José Marajo (FRA)1:49.4 3 Anatoliy Reshetnyak (URS)1:49.5 4 Milovan Savic (YUG)1:50.0 5 Milan Timko (CZE)1:50.5 6 Panayiotis Pallikaris (GRE)1:51.6 Men's 800 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1978
1 Sebastian Coe (GBR)1:46.82 2 Roger Milhau (FRA)1:47.07 3 Uwe Becker (FDR)1:47.13 4 Dragan Zivotic (YUG)1:47.18 5 Vladimir Podolayko (URS)1:47.19 6 
Sermet Timurlenk (TÜR)1:47.23 7 Jón Didriksson (ISL)1:50.4 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Sebastian Coe (GBR)1:47.44 2 Andreas Busse (DDR)1:47.6 3 José Marajo (FRA)1:47.7 4 Vladimir Podolayko (URS)1:47.8 5 Markku Taskinen (FIN)1:47.9 6 Uwe Becker (FDR)1:48.2 7 Detlef Wagenknecht (DDR)1:48.5 8 Arno Körmeling (NED)1:49.2 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Steve Ovett (GBR)1:46.51 2 Olaf Beyer (DDR)1:46.74 3 Dragan Zivotic (YUG)1:46.94 4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak (URS)1:47.2 5 Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR)1:47.4 6 Sermet Timurlenk (TÜR)1:47.9 7 Roger Milhau (FRA)1:48.9 8 Günther Hasler (LIE)1:49.3 Men's 800 m - Final - 31 August 1978
1 Olaf Beyer (DDR)1:43.8 2 Steve Ovett (GBR)1:44.1 3 Sebastian Coe (GBR)1:44.8 4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak (URS)1:45.8 5 Vladimir Podolyako (URS)1:46.2 6 Andreas Busse (DDR)1:47.1 7 Dragan Zivotic (YUG)1:47.4 8 José Marajo (FRA)1:53.4
Men's 400 m Hurdles - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Harald Schmid (FDR) | 48.51 |
| 2 | Dmitriy Stukalov (URS) | 49.72 |
| 3 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko (URS) | 49.77 |
| 4 | Franz Meier (SWI) | 49.84 |
| 5 | Harry Schulting (NED) | 50.07 |
| 6 | Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) | 50.10 |
| 7 | José Alonso (SPA) | 50.19 |
| 8 | Horia Toboc (ROM) | 50.46 |
- Men's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 29 August 1978
1 Dmitriy Stukalov (URS)50.35 2 Harry Schulting (NED)50.39 3 Peter Haas (SWI)50.45 4 
José Carvalho (POR)51.02 5 Christer Gullstrand (SWE)51.03 6 Gary Oakes (GBR)52.08 7 Felix Rummele (AUT)52.13 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 29 August 1978
1 Thomas Löwe (FDR)50.34 2 Yanko Bratanov (BUL)50.45 3 Horia Toboc (ROM)50.75 4 Oleg Bulatkin (URS)50.90 5 Claude Anicet (FRA)51.68 6 Miroslav Kodejs (CZE)51.98 7 Bill Hartley (GBR)52.15 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)49.78 2 Rok Kopitar (YUG)50.43 3 Yeóryios Parris (GRE)50.45 4 Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA)50.49 5 Alan Pascoe (GBR)50.95 6 Ladislav Karsky (CZE)51.38 7 
Lars Nilsen (DEN)51.48 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 29 August 1978
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)49.78 2 Rok Kopitar (YUG)50.43 3 Yeóryios Parris (GRE)50.45 4 Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA)50.49 5 Alan Pascoe (GBR)50.95 6 Ladislav Karsky (CZE)51.38 7 Lars Nilsen (DEN)51.48 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 29 August 1978
1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko (URS)50.15 2 José Alonso (SPA)50.27 3 Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)50.49 4 Axel Salander (FDR)50.55 5 Franz Meier (SWI)50.66 6 Lars-Ake Welander (SWE)50.72 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)50.07 2 José Alonso (SPA)50.32 3 Horia Toboc (ROM)50.42 4 Dmitriy Stukalov (URS)50.51 5 Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)50.83 6 Peter Haas (SWI)51.29 7 Axel Salander (FDR)51.63 8 Yanko Bratanov (BUL)52.39 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Vasiliy Arkhipenko (URS)49.92 2 Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA)49.98 3 Franz Meier (SWI)50.12 4 Harry Schulting (NED)50.22 5 Yeóryios Parris (GRE)50.66 6 Rok Kopitar (YUG)50.98 7 Lars-Ake Welander (SWE)50.99 8 Thomas Löwe (FDR)51.96 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 31 August 1978
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)48.51 2 Dmitriy Stukalov (URS)49.72 3 Vasiliy Arkhipenko (URS)49.77 4 Franz Meier (SWI)49.84 5 Harry Schulting (NED)50.07 6 Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA)50.10 7 José Alonso (SPA)50.19 8 Horia Toboc (ROM)50.46
Men's Decathlon - 31 August 1978
| 1 | Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) | 8337 |
| 2 | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8257 |
| 3 | Siegfried Stark (DDR) | 8224 |
| 4 | Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) | 7969 |
| 5 | Yuriy Kutsenko (URS) | 7918 |
| 6 | Roger Kanerva (FIN) | 7923 |
| 7 | Johannes Lahti (FIN) | 7875 |
| 8 | Rainer Pottel (DDR) | 7883 |
| 9 | Holger Schmidt (FDR) | 7778 |
| 10 | Yves Leroy (FRA) | 7748 |
| 11 | Thierry Dubois (FRA) | 7664 |
| 12 | Vladimir Buryakov (URS) | 7629 |
| 13 | Rüdiger Hingsen (FDR) | 7585 |
| 14 | Dietmar Schaurhammer (DDR) | 7548 |
| 15 | Atanas Andonov (BUL) | 7527 |
| 16 | Jaromir Fric (CZE) | 7469 |
| 17 | Armin Tschenett (SWI) | 7266 |
| 18 | Christer Lythell (SWE) | 7287 |
| 19 | Elías Sveinsson (ISL) | 7225 |
| 20 | Ludek Pernica (CZE) | 7203 |
| 21 | árpád Kiss (HUN) | 7103 |
| 22 | Kenneth Riggsberger (SWE) | 6957 |
Men's 200 m - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 20.16 |
| 2 | Olaf Prenzler (DDR) | 20.61 |
| 3 | Peter Muster (SWI) | 20.64 |
| 4 | Leszek Dunecki (POL) | 20.68 |
| 5 | Pascal Barre (FRA) | 20.70 |
| 6 | Zenon Licznerski (POL) | 20.74 |
| 7 |  Aleksandr Aksinin (RUS) | 20.87 |
| 8 | Vladimir Ivanov (BUL) | 20.92 |
- Men's 200 m - Detailed results
Men's 200 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.70 2 Leszek Dunecki (POL)21.01 3 Dragan Zaric (YUG)21.13 4 David Jenkins (GBR)21.16 5 Roland Bombardella (LUX)21.17 6 Lambert Micha (BEL)21.36 Men's 200 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Aleksandr Aksinin (RUS)20.97 2 Joseph Arame (FRA)21.32 3 Antti Rajamäki (FIN)21.34 4 Klaus Thiele (DDR)21.36 5 
Ludek Bohman (CZE)21.39 6 Mike Bayle (LUX)21.48 7 Vilmundur Vilhjalmsson (ISL)21.80 Men's 200 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1978
1 Pascal Barre (FRA)20.78 2 Vladimir Ignatenko (URS)20.98 3 Luis Sarria (SPA)21.18 4 Martin Pelach (CZE)21.48 5 Pavel Pavlov (BUL)21.50 Men's 200 m - Heat 4 - 31 August 1978
1 Zenon Licznerski (POL)20.82 2 Vladimir Ivanov (BUL)20.96 3 Olaf Prenzler (DDR)20.97 4 Peter Muster (SWI)21.04 5 Trevor Hoyte (GBR)21.24 6 Patrick Barre (FRA)21.27 7 Marian Kralik (CZE)21.47 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.40 2 Peter Muster (SWI)20.63 3 Leszek Dunecki (POL)20.64 4 Olaf Prenzler (DDR)20.69 5 Vladimir Ignatenko (URS)20.74 6 Joseph Arame (FRA)21.08 7 Antti Rajamäki (FIN)21.19 8 Martin Pelach (CZE)21.59 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Pascal Barre (FRA)20.96 2 Vladimir Ivanov (BUL)20.96 3 Aleksandr Aksinin (RUS)21.08 4 Zenon Licznerski (POL)21.10 5 Luis Sarria (SPA)21.24 6 Dragan Zaric (YUG)21.28 7 David Jenkins (GBR)21.59 Men's 200 m - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.16 2 Olaf Prenzler (DDR)20.61 3 Peter Muster (SWI)20.64 4 Leszek Dunecki (POL)20.68 5 Pascal Barre (FRA)20.70 6 Zenon Licznerski (POL)20.74 7 Aleksandr Aksinin (RUS)20.87 8 Vladimir Ivanov (BUL)20.92
Men's 400 m - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FDR) | 45.73 |
| 2 | Karel Kolar (CZE) | 45.77 |
| 3 | Francis Demarthon (FRA) | 45.97 |
| 4 | Lothar Krieg (FDR) | 46.22 |
| 5 | Terry Whitehead (GBR) | 46.23 |
| 6 | Richard Ashton (GBR) | 46.34 |
| 7 | Bernd Herrmann (FDR) | 46.69 |
- Men's 400 m - Detailed results
Men's 400 m - Heat 1 - 30 August 1978
1 Karel Kolar (CZE)46.33 2 Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)46.75 3 Viktor Burakov (URS)47.18 4 Zeljko Knapic (YUG)47.51 5 Cornelien Gombault (FRA)47.91 6 Mike Bayle (LUX)48.71 7 Fons Brijdenbach (BEL)53.05 Men's 400 m - Heat 2 - 30 August 1978
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FDR)46.28 2 Richard Ashton (GBR)46.63 3 Miroslav Tulis (CZE)46.77 4 Maurice Volmar (FRA)46.94 5 Eddy De Leeuw (BEL)47.27 6 Koen Gijsbers (NED)47.65 Men's 400 m - Heat 3 - 30 August 1978
1 Lothar Krieg (FDR)46.57 2 Francois Demarthon (FRA)46.73 3 Glen Cohen (GBR)47.05 4 Jens Hansen (DEN)47.28 5 Rijk Van Den Berghe (BEL)47.55 6 Ossi Karttunen (FIN)48.02 Men's 400 m - Heat 4 - 30 August 1978
1 Bernd Herrmann (FDR)46.50 2 Terry Whitehead (GBR)46.61 3 Ryszard Podlas (POL)46.81 4 Stefano Malinverni (ITA)47.03 5 Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)47.33 6 Frank Schaffer (DDR)47.59 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)46.27 2 Karel Kolar (CZE)46.28 3 Lothar Krieg (FDR)46.33 4 Terry Whitehead (GBR)46.69 5 Glen Cohen (GBR)46.91 6 Eddy De Leeuw (BEL)47.17 7 Stefano Malinverni (ITA)47.18 8 Maurice Volmar (FRA)47.50 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Bernd Herrmann (FDR)46.09 2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FDR)46.18 3 Francois Demarthon (FRA)46.26 4 Richard Ashton (GBR)46.32 5 Miroslav Tulis (CZE)46.37 6 Ryszard Podlas (POL)46.59 7 Viktor Burakov (URS)46.91 8 Jens Hansen (DEN)47.35 Men's 400 m - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FDR)45.73 2 Karel Kolar (CZE)45.77 3 Francis Demarthon (FRA)45.97 4 Lothar Krieg (FDR)46.22 5 Terry Whitehead (GBR)46.23 6 Richard Ashton (GBR)46.34 7 Bernd Herrmann (FDR)46.69
Men's Pole vault - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) | 5.55 |
| 2 | Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) | 5.50 |
| 3 | Rauli Pudas (FIN) | 5.45 |
| 4 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL) | 5.45 |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Tananyka (URS) | 5.40 |
| 6 | Philippe Houvion (FRA) | 5.40 |
| 7 | Brian Hooper (GBR) | 5.30 |
| 7 | François Tracanelli (FRA) | 5.30 |
| 9 | Patrick Abada (FRA) | 5.30 |
| 10 | Tapani Haapakoski (FIN) | 5.30 |
| 11 | Günther Lohre (FDR) | 5.20 |
- Men's Pole vault - Detailed results
Men's Pole vault - Qualification - 30 August 1978
1 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL)5.25 2 Günther Lohre (FDR)5.25 3 Mariusz Klimczyk (POL)5.25 4 Tapani Haapakoski (FIN)5.15 5 Yevgeniy Tananyka (URS)5.15 6 Rauli Pudas (FIN)5.15 7 François Tracanelli (FRA)5.15 8 Vladimir Trofimenko (URS)5.15 9 Patrick Abada (FRA)5.15 10 Brian Hooper (GBR)5.15 11 Roger Oriol (SPA)5.15 12 Antti Kalliomäki (FIN)5.15 13 Philippe Houvion (FRA)5.15 14 Domenico d'Alisera (ITA)4.90 15 Roman Zrun (CZE)4.90 16 Elias Sakellariadis (GRE)4.90 17 Peter Jensen (DEN)4.90 18 Reinhard Lechner (AUT)4.90 19 Keith Stock (GBR)NM 19 Patrick Desruelles (BEL)NM 19 Tadeusz Slusarski (POL)NM 19 Jiri Lesak (CZE)NM 19 Antonin Hadinger (CZE)NM Men's Pole vault - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Vladimir Trofimenko (URS)5.55 2 Antti Kalliomäki (FIN)5.50 3 Rauli Pudas (FIN)5.45 4 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL)5.45 5 Yevgeniy Tananyka (URS)5.40 6 Philippe Houvion (FRA)5.40 7 Brian Hooper (GBR)5.30 7 François Tracanelli (FRA)5.30 9 Patrick Abada (FRA)5.30 10 Tapani Haapakoski (FIN)5.30 11 Günther Lohre (FDR)5.20
Men's Shot put - 1 September 1978
| 1 | Udo Beyer (DDR) | 21.08 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) | 20.68 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR) | 20.30 |
| 4 | Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) | 20.17 |
| 5 | Anatoliy Yarosh (URS) | 20.03 |
| 6 | Jaromír Vlk (CZE) | 19.53 |
| 7 | Hreinn Halldorsson (ISL) | 19.34 |
| 8 | Jaroslav Brabec (CZE) | 19.27 |
| 9 | Valcho Stoev (BUL) | 19.23 |
| 10 | Mathias Schmidt (DDR) | 19.21 |
- Men's Shot put - Detailed results
Men's Shot put - Qualification - 31 August 1978
1 Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)20.25 2 Udo Beyer (DDR)20.03 3 Anatoliy Yarosh (URS)19.80 4 Jaromír Vlk (CZE)19.76 5 Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)19.74 6 Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR)19.72 7 Hreinn Halldorsson (ISL)19.62 8 Jaroslav Brabec (CZE)19.48 9 Mathias Schmidt (DDR)19.38 10 Valcho Stoev (BUL)19.26 11 Ralf Reichenbach (FDR)19.09 12 Jean-Pierre Egger (SWI)18.67 13 Miroslav Janousek (CZE)18.61 14 Anders Arrhenius (SWE)18.48 15 Vladimir Milic (YUG)18.35 16 Marco Montelatici (ITA)18.14 17 Angelo Groppelli (ITA)18.04 Men's Shot put - Final - 1 September 1978
1 Udo Beyer (DDR)21.08 2 Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)20.68 3 Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR)20.30 4 Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)20.17 5 Anatoliy Yarosh (URS)20.03 6 Jaromír Vlk (CZE)19.53 7 Hreinn Halldorsson (ISL)19.34 8 Jaroslav Brabec (CZE)19.27 9 Valcho Stoev (BUL)19.23 10 Mathias Schmidt (DDR)19.21
Men's 5000 m - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Venanzio Ortis (ITA) | 13:28.52 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Fedotkin (URS) | 13:28.60 |
| 2 | Markus Ryffel (SWI) | 13:28.60 |
| 4 | John Treacy (IRL) | 13:28.83 |
| 5 | Ilie Floroiu (ROM) | 13:29.27 |
| 6 | Martti Vainio (FIN) | 13:29.67 |
| 7 | Nick Rose (GBR) | 13:32.8 |
| 8 | Enn Sellik (URS) | 13:35.8 |
| 9 | Boris Kuznetsov (URS) | 13:36.5 |
| 10 | Frank Zimmermann (FDR) | 13:39.1 |
| 11 | Leon Schots (BEL) | 13:47.4 |
| 12 | Jörg Peter (DDR) | 13:48.6 |
| 13 | Karl Fleschen (FDR) | 13:50.3 |
| 14 | Christoph Herle (FDR) | 13:55.4 |
| 15 | Fernando Mamede (POR) | 13:58.2 |
- Men's 5000 m - Detailed results
Men's 5000 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1978
1 Frank Zimmermann (FDR)13:32.42 2 Martti Vainio (FIN)13:33.6 3 Leon Schots (BEL)13:34.1 4 Jörg Peter (DDR)13:34.3 5 Boris Kuznetsov (URS)13:34.8 6 Brendan Foster (GBR)13:38.3 7 Knut Kvalheim (NOR)13:43.6 8 Radhouane Bouster (FRA)14:09.3 9 
John Charvetto (GIL)14:18.4 Men's 5000 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1978
1 Karl Fleschen (FDR)13:34.45 2 Fernando Mamede (POR)13:34.8 3 Nick Rose (GBR)13:35.7 4 Enn Sellik (URS)13:36.2 5 Gerard Tebroke (NED)13:37.0 6 Fernando Cerrada (SPA)13:40.4 7 Pierre Levisse (FRA)13:44.1 8 Stanislav Tábor (CZE)13:45.0 9 Dietmar Millonig (AUT)13:50.4 10 Necdet Ayaz (TÜR)13:55.7 Men's 5000 m - Heat 3 - 31 August 1978
1 Aleksandr Fedotkin (URS)13:24.10 2 Markus Ryffel (SWI)13:24.71 3 Venanzio Ortis (ITA)13:26.67 4 John Treacy (IRL)13:28.85 5 Christoph Herle (FDR)13:30.59 6 Ilie Floroiu (ROM)13:32.5 7 Mike Mcleod (ENG)13:42.9 8 Jerzy Kowol (POL)13:49.1 9 Aniceto Simões (POR)13:52.1 10 Willy Polleunis (BEL)14:24.5 Men's 5000 m - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Venanzio Ortis (ITA)13:28.52 2 Aleksandr Fedotkin (URS)13:28.60 2 Markus Ryffel (SWI)13:28.60 4 John Treacy (IRL)13:28.83 5 Ilie Floroiu (ROM)13:29.27 6 Martti Vainio (FIN)13:29.67 7 Nick Rose (GBR)13:32.8 8 Enn Sellik (URS)13:35.8 9 Boris Kuznetsov (URS)13:36.5 10 Frank Zimmermann (FDR)13:39.1 11 Leon Schots (BEL)13:47.4 12 Jörg Peter (DDR)13:48.6 13 Karl Fleschen (FDR)13:50.3 14 Christoph Herle (FDR)13:55.4 15 Fernando Mamede (POR)13:58.2
Men's High jump - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | 2.30 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) | 2.28 |
| 3 | Rolf Beilschmidt (DDR) | 2.28 |
| 4 | Henry Lauterbach (DDR) | 2.26 |
| 5 | Carlo Thränhardt (FDR) | 2.21 |
| 6 | Jacek Wszola (POL) | 2.21 |
| 7 | Andre Schneider-Laub (FDR) | 2.21 |
| 8 | Josef Hrabal (CZE) | 2.18 |
| 9 | Guy Moreau (BEL) | 2.18 |
| 10 | Rune Almén (SWE) | 2.18 |
| 11 | William Nachtegael (BEL) | 2.18 |
| 12 | Jindrích Vondra (CZE) | 2.15 |
| 13 | Bruno Bruni (ITA) | 2.15 |
| 14 | Gennadiy Belkov (URS) | 2.15 |
| 14 | Terje Totland (NOR) | 2.15 |
| 16 | Eddy Annys (BEL) | 2.10 |
| 17 | Roman Moravec (CZE) | 2.10 |
| 18 | Mark Naylor (GBR) | 2.10 |
- Men's High jump - Detailed results
Men's High jump - Qualification - 1 September 1978
1 Gennadiy Belkov (URS)2.18 2 Vladimir Yashchenko (URS)2.18 3 Carlo Thränhardt (FDR)2.18 4 Andre Schneider-Laub (FDR)2.18 5 Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS)2.18 6 Bruno Bruni (ITA)2.18 7 Rolf Beilschmidt (DDR)2.18 8 Guy Moreau (BEL)2.18 9 Jindrích Vondra (CZE)2.15 10 Mark Naylor (GBR)2.15 11 Eddy Annys (BEL)2.15 12 Henry Lauterbach (DDR)2.15 13 Rune Almén (SWE)2.15 14 Terje Totland (NOR)2.15 15 Jacek Wszola (POL)2.15 16 William Nachtegael (BEL)2.15 17 Josef Hrabal (CZE)2.15 18 Roman Moravec (CZE)2.15 19 Paul Poaniewa (FRA)2.10 20 Ekrem özdamar (TÜR)2.10 21 Jacques Aletti (FRA)2.10 22 Vasilios Papadimitriou (GRE)2.10 23 Rodolfo Bergamo (ITA)2.10 24 Brian Burgess (GBR)2.00 25 Ruud Wielart (NED)NM 25 Massimo Di Giorgio (ITA)NM Men's High jump - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Vladimir Yashchenko (URS)2.30 2 Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS)2.28 3 Rolf Beilschmidt (DDR)2.28 4 Henry Lauterbach (DDR)2.26 5 Carlo Thränhardt (FDR)2.21 6 Jacek Wszola (POL)2.21 7 Andre Schneider-Laub (FDR)2.21 8 Josef Hrabal (CZE)2.18 9 Guy Moreau (BEL)2.18 10 Rune Almén (SWE)2.18 11 William Nachtegael (BEL)2.18 12 Jindrích Vondra (CZE)2.15 13 Bruno Bruni (ITA)2.15 14 Gennadiy Belkov (URS)2.15 14 Terje Totland (NOR)2.15 16 Eddy Annys (BEL)2.10 17 Roman Moravec (CZE)2.10 18 Mark Naylor (GBR)2.10
Men's Long jump - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Jacques Rousseau (FRA) | 8.18 |
| 2 | Nenad Stekic (YUG) | 8.12 |
| 3 | Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS) | 8.01 |
| 4 | Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) | 7.96 |
| 5 | Jochen Verschl (FDR) | 7.89 |
| 6 | Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) | 7.89 |
| 7 | Roy Mitchell (GBR) | 7.88 |
| 8 | Ake Fransson (SWE) | 7.65 |
| 9 | Jaroslav Krivka (CZE) | 7.60 |
| 10 | Stanislaw Jaskulka (POL) | 7.60 |
| 11 | Jan Leitner (CZE) | 7.59 |
| 12 | Jaroslav Priscák (CZE) | 7.48 |
- Men's Long jump - Detailed results
Men's Long jump - Qualification - 1 September 1978
1 Nenad Stekic (YUG)7.96 2 Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS)7.95 3 Jaroslav Priscák (CZE)7.81 4 Jan Leitner (CZE)7.80 5 Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)7.79 6 Roy Mitchell (GBR)7.77 7 Stanislaw Jaskulka (POL)7.74 8 Jacques Rousseau (FRA)7.72 9 Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)7.71 10 Jaroslav Krivka (CZE)7.71 11 Jochen Verschl (FDR)7.66 12 Ake Fransson (SWE)7.66 13 Marek Chludzinski (POL)7.61 14 Philippe Deroche (FRA)7.58 15 Ronald Desruelles (BEL)7.54 16 László Szalma (HUN)7.53 17 Oganes Stepanyan (URS)7.52 18 Winfried Klepsch (FDR)7.52 19 Dimitrios Delifotis (GRE)7.44 20 Maurizio Maffi (ITA)7.42 21 Alberto Solanas (SPA)7.36 Men's Long jump - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Jacques Rousseau (FRA)8.18 2 Nenad Stekic (YUG)8.12 3 Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS)8.01 4 Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)7.96 5 Jochen Verschl (FDR)7.89 6 Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS)7.89 7 Roy Mitchell (GBR)7.88 8 Ake Fransson (SWE)7.65 9 Jaroslav Krivka (CZE)7.60 10 Stanislaw Jaskulka (POL)7.60 11 Jan Leitner (CZE)7.59 12 Jaroslav Priscák (CZE)7.48
Men's Hammer throw - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 77.28 |
| 2 | Roland Steuk (DDR) | 77.24 |
| 3 | Karl-hans Riehm (FDR) | 77.02 |
| 4 | Detlef Gerstenberg (DDR) | 76.70 |
| 5 | Manfred Hüning (FDR) | 76.46 |
| 6 | Boris Zaychuk (URS) | 75.62 |
| 7 | Edoardo Podberscek (ITA) | 73.02 |
| 8 | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | 72.62 |
| 9 | Jochen Sachse (DDR) | 71.56 |
| 10 | Gábor Tamás (HUN) | 70.72 |
| 11 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 69.92 |
| 12 | Klaus Ploghaus (FDR) | 69.30 |
- Men's Hammer throw - Detailed results
Men's Hammer throw - Qualification - 1 September 1978
1 Roland Steuk (DDR)73.22 2 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)73.06 3 Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)73.04 4 Detlef Gerstenberg (DDR)72.80 5 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)71.36 6 Boris Zaychuk (URS)71.34 7 Manfred Hüning (FDR)71.18 8 Klaus Ploghaus (FDR)70.86 9 Jochen Sachse (DDR)70.62 10 Edoardo Podberscek (ITA)70.26 11 Gábor Tamás (HUN)70.04 12 Harri Huhtala (FIN)69.84 13 Orlando Bianchini (ITA)69.78 14 Emanuil Dulgherov (BUL)68.96 15 Aleksandr Malyukov (URS)68.78 16 Richard Olsen (NOR)68.56 17 Jacques Accambray (FRA)67.78 18 Philippe Suriray (FRA)66.78 19 Radomil Skoumal (CZE)65.44 20 Christopher Black (GBR)63.54 Men's Hammer throw - Final - 2 September 1978
1 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)77.28 2 Roland Steuk (DDR)77.24 3 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)77.02 4 Detlef Gerstenberg (DDR)76.70 5 Manfred Hüning (FDR)76.46 6 Boris Zaychuk (URS)75.62 7 Edoardo Podberscek (ITA)73.02 8 Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)72.62 9 Jochen Sachse (DDR)71.56 10 Gábor Tamás (HUN)70.72 11 Harri Huhtala (FIN)69.92 12 Klaus Ploghaus (FDR)69.30
Men's 50km Walk - 2 September 1978
| 1 | Jorge Llopart (SPA) | 3u53:29.9 |
| 2 | Venyamin Soldatenko (URS) | 3u55:12.1 |
| 3 | Jan Ornoch (POL) | 3u55:15.9 |
| 4 | Otto Barch (URS) | 3u57:23.7 |
| 5 | Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) | 3u57:26.7 |
| 6 | Vittorio Visini (ITA) | 3u57:42.8 |
| 7 | Alessandro Bellucci (ITA) | 3u58:25.9 |
| 8 | Olaf Pilarski (DDR) | 4u00:03.8 |
| 9 | Mathias Kroel (DDR) | 4u00:11.9 |
| 10 | Mario Kreber (DDR) | 4u01:03.7 |
| 11 | Bengt Simonsen (SWE) | 4u03:34.6 |
| 12 | Gerhard Weidner (FDR) | 4u04:01.9 |
| 13 | Hans Binder (FDR) | 4u04:12.4 |
| 14 | Jan Dzurnak (CZE) | 4u04:40.0 |
| 15 | Paolo Grecucci (ITA) | 4u05:46.8 |
| 16 | Ladislav Vitez (CZE) | 4u07:55.8 |
| 17 | Lennart Lundgren (SWE) | 4u09:54.7 |
| 18 | Dominique Guébey (FRA) | 4u09:57.0 |
| 19 | László Sator (HUN) | 4u10:22.4 |
| 20 | Stig-Olaf Elofsson (SWE) | 4u12:39.1 |
| 21 | Seppo Immonen (FIN) | 4u16:52.5 |
| 22 | Cornel Patusinschi (ROM) | 4u23:26.9 |
| 23 | Ian Richards (GBR) | 4u27:09.3 |
Men's 1500 m - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 3:35.59 |
| 2 | Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) | 3:36.57 |
| 3 | David Moorcroft (GBR) | 3:36.70 |
| 4 | Thomas Wessinghage (FDR) | 3:37.19 |
| 5 | Antti Loikkanen (FIN) | 3:37.54 |
| 6 | José Marajo (FRA) | 3:38.20 |
| 7 | Jürgen Straub (DDR) | 3:38.88 |
| 8 | John Robson (GBR) | 3:39.6 |
| 9 | Olaf Beyer (DDR) | 3:39.7 |
| 10 | Francis González (FRA) | 3:40.1 |
| 11 | Rolf Gysin (SWI) | 3:41.0 |
| 12 | Jozef Plachý (CZE) | 3:42.2 |
- Men's 1500 m - Detailed results
Men's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 1 September 1978
1 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)3:39.98 2 David Moorcroft (GBR)3:40.0 3 Olaf Beyer (DDR)3:40.1 4 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)3:40.1 5 José Marajo (FRA)3:40.6 6 Valeriy Abramov (URS)3:40.9 7 Bernhard Vifian (SWI)3:42.5 8 Robert Nemeth (AUT)3:44.1 9 Ari Paunonen (FIN)3:45.0 10 José Manuel Abascal (SPA)3:47.6 11 Marcel Pierrard (LUX)3:52.8 Men's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 1 September 1978
1 Steve Ovett (GBR)3:42.94 2 Jürgen Straub (DDR)3:43.1 3 Rolf Gysin (SWI)3:43.2 4 Marc Nevens (BEL)3:43.2 5 Ray Flynn (IRL)3:44.1 6 Dietmar Millonig (AUT)3:44.8 7 Vladimir Sheronov (URS)3:45.1 8 Günther Hasler (LIE)3:46.7 9 Philippe Dien (FRA)3:47.4 10 Björn Nilsson (SWE)3:47.9 11 Jón Didriksson (ISL)3:48.1 Men's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 1 September 1978
1 Antti Loikkanen (FIN)3:39.66 2 John Robson (GBR)3:40.0 3 Francis González (FRA)3:40.4 4 Jozef Plachý (CZE)3:40.6 5 Pierre Délèze (SWI)3:40.7 6 Günther Ruth (DDR)3:41.4 7 Lars Ericsson (SWE)3:42.5 8 Valeriy Toropov (URS)3:45.1 9 Sermet Timurlenk (TÜR)3:45.8 10 Fotios Kourtis (GRE)3:45.9 Men's 1500 m - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Steve Ovett (GBR)3:35.59 2 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)3:36.57 3 David Moorcroft (GBR)3:36.70 4 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)3:37.19 5 Antti Loikkanen (FIN)3:37.54 6 José Marajo (FRA)3:38.20 7 Jürgen Straub (DDR)3:38.88 8 John Robson (GBR)3:39.6 9 Olaf Beyer (DDR)3:39.7 10 Francis González (FRA)3:40.1 11 Rolf Gysin (SWI)3:41.0 12 Jozef Plachý (CZE)3:42.2
Men's 110 m Hurdles - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Thomas Munkelt (DDR) | 13.54 |
| 2 | Jan Pusty (POL) | 13.55 |
| 3 | Arto Bryggare (FIN) | 13.56 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Buttari (ITA) | 13.78 |
| 5 | Eduard Pereverzev (URS) | 13.83 |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS) | 13.90 |
| 7 | Romuald Giegiel (POL) | 13.91 |
| 8 | Dieter Gebhard (FDR) | 13.94 |
- Men's 110 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 1 September 1978
1 Viktor Myasnikov (URS)13.76 2 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.83 3 Romuald Giegiel (POL)13.97 4 Javier Moracho (SPA)14.15 5 Julius Ivan (CZE)14.22 6 Petar Vukicevic (YUG)14.25 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 1 September 1978
1 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.62 2 Giuseppe Buttari (ITA)13.81 3 Eduard Pereverzev (URS)13.86 4 Dieter Gebhard (FDR)14.05 5 Mark Holtom (GBR)14.12 6 Juan Lloveras (SPA)14.17 7 Jirí Cerovsky (CZE)14.36 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 1 September 1978
1 Jan Pusty (POL)13.81 2 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS)13.95 3 
Berwyn Price (GAL)14.00 4 Borislav Pisic (YUG)14.02 5 Petros Evripidou (GRE)14.11 6 Petr Cech (CZE)14.13 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.50 2 Giuseppe Buttari (ITA)13.74 3 Eduard Pereverzev (URS)13.78 4 Romuald Giegiel (POL)13.97 5 Borislav Pisic (YUG)14.01 6 Javier Moracho (SPA)14.16 7 Petr Cech (CZE)14.20 8 Mark Holtom (GBR)14.27 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 Jan Pusty (POL)13.75 2 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.78 3 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS)13.94 4 Dieter Gebhard (FDR)13.95 5 Berwyn Price (GAL)14.01 6 Petros Evripidou (GRE)14.16 7 Julius Ivan (CZE)14.29 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.54 2 Jan Pusty (POL)13.55 3 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.56 4 Giuseppe Buttari (ITA)13.78 5 Eduard Pereverzev (URS)13.83 6 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS)13.90 7 Romuald Giegiel (POL)13.91 8 Dieter Gebhard (FDR)13.94
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Bronislaw Malinowski (POL) | 8:15.08 |
| 2 | Patriz Ilg (FDR) | 8:16.92 |
| 3 | Ismo Toukonen (FIN) | 8:18.29 |
| 4 | Michael Karst (FDR) | 8:19.01 |
| 5 | Paul Copu (ROM) | 8:20.41 |
| 6 | Vasile Bichea (ROM) | 8:24.86 |
| 7 | Frantisek Bartos (CZE) | 8:38.0 |
| 8 | Manfred Schöeneberg (FDR) | 8:40.1 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) | 8:42.8 |
| 10 | Dennis Coates (GBR) | 8:44.0 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL) | 8:46.4 |
| 12 | Vladimir Lisovskiy (URS) | 9:00.5 |
- Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Detailed results
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 1 - 1 September 1978
1 Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA)8:29.10 2 Ismo Toukonen (FIN)8:29.5 3 Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL)8:30.0 4 Frantisek Bartos (CZE)8:31.9 5 Manfred Schöeneberg (FDR)8:34.2 6 Dan Glans (SWE)8:34.5 7 Dan Betini (ROM)8:34.9 8 Vladimir Filonov (URS)8:39.0 9 Paul Thijs (BEL)8:43.8 10 Wolfgang Konrad (AUT)8:43.9 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 2 - 1 September 1978
1 Paul Copu (ROM)8:33.29 2 Michael Karst (FDR)8:33.7 3 Dennis Coates (GBR)8:34.7 4 Sergey Olizarenko (URS)8:36.7 5 Roberto Volpi (ITA)8:39.1 6 Dusan Moravcik (CZE)8:43.2 7 Kazimierz Maranda (POL)8:48.4 8 Bruno Lafranchi (SWI)8:51.7 9 Christer Ström (SWE)8:53.8 10 Hans Koeleman (NED)8:59.6 11 Domingo Ramón (SPA)9:07.8 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 3 - 1 September 1978
1 Vasile Bichea (ROM)8:25.43 2 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)8:25.58 3 Patriz Ilg (FDR)8:30.4 4 Vladimir Lisovskiy (URS)8:31.4 5 Gerhard Wetzig (DDR)8:36.1 6 Jean-Luc Lemire (FRA)8:38.0 7 José Antonio Campos (SPA)8:38.2 8 
Milan Slovak (SVK)8:41.4 9 Tapio Kantanen (FIN)8:46.0 10 John Davies (GAL)8:57.4 11 Jan Hagelbrand (SWE)9:21.1 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)8:15.08 2 Patriz Ilg (FDR)8:16.92 3 Ismo Toukonen (FIN)8:18.29 4 Michael Karst (FDR)8:19.01 5 Paul Copu (ROM)8:20.41 6 Vasile Bichea (ROM)8:24.86 7 Frantisek Bartos (CZE)8:38.0 8 Manfred Schöeneberg (FDR)8:40.1 9 Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA)8:42.8 10 Dennis Coates (GBR)8:44.0 11 Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL)8:46.4 12 Vladimir Lisovskiy (URS)9:00.5
Men's Triple jump - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Milos Srejovic (YUG) | 16.94 |
| 2 | Viktor Sanejev (URS) | 16.93 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) | 16.87 |
| 4 | Bernard Lamitié (FRA) | 16.87 |
| 5 | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.64 |
| 6 | Keith Connor (GBR) | 16.64 |
| 7 | Milan Spasojevic (YUG) | 16.62 |
| 8 | Aston Moore (GBR) | 16.55 |
| 9 | János Hegedis (YUG) | 16.24 |
| 10 | Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL) | 16.23 |
| 11 | Lothar Gora (POL) | 16.20 |
| 12 | Gábor Katona (HUN) | 16.18 |
| 13 | Karel Hradil (CZE) | 16.05 |
| 14 | Carol Corbu (ROM) | 16.02 |
| 15 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 15.74 |
Men's Discus throw - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR) | 66.82 |
| 2 | Markku Tuokko (FIN) | 64.90 |
| 3 | Imrich Bugár (CZE) | 64.66 |
| 4 | Velko Velev (BUL) | 64.56 |
| 5 | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 63.76 |
| 6 | Alwin Wagner (FDR) | 62.70 |
| 7 |  Dmitriy Kovtsun (UKR) | 61.84 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Warnemünde (DDR) | 61.28 |
| 9 | Ferenc Tégla (HUN) | 60.22 |
| 10 | Igor Duginyets (URS) | 59.80 |
| 11 | Oskar Jakobsson (ISL) | 59.44 |
| 12 | Silvano Simeon (ITA) | 59.16 |
- Men's Discus throw - Detailed results
Men's Discus throw - Qualification - 2 September 1978
1 Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR)67.20 2 Wolfgang Warnemünde (DDR)63.80 3 Markku Tuokko (FIN)62.82 4 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)62.36 5 Alwin Wagner (FDR)62.04 6 Igor Duginyets (URS)61.52 7 Imrich Bugár (CZE)60.96 8 Dmitriy Kovtsun (UKR)60.96 9 Oskar Jakobsson (ISL)60.86 10 Ferenc Tégla (HUN)59.82 11 Velko Velev (BUL)59.62 12 Silvano Simeon (ITA)59.28 13 Werner Hartmann (FDR)59.14 14 Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL)58.86 15 Ludvik Danek (CZE)58.60 16 Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)58.20 17 Frédéric Piette (FRA)57.54 18 Josef Silhavý (CZE)57.28 19 Juhani Tuomola (FIN)56.38 20 János Faragó (HUN)56.14 Men's Discus throw - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Wolfgang Schmidt (DDR)66.82 2 Markku Tuokko (FIN)64.90 3 Imrich Bugár (CZE)64.66 4 Velko Velev (BUL)64.56 5 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)63.76 6 Alwin Wagner (FDR)62.70 7 Dmitriy Kovtsun (UKR)61.84 8 Wolfgang Warnemünde (DDR)61.28 9 Ferenc Tégla (HUN)60.22 10 Igor Duginyets (URS)59.80 11 Oskar Jakobsson (ISL)59.44 12 Silvano Simeon (ITA)59.16
Men's 4x100 m relay - 3 September 1978
| 1 | Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin) | |
| 2 | East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme) | |
| 3 | Soviet Union (Sergey Vladimirtsev, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko) | |
| 4 | France (Patrick Barre, Pascal Barre, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Hermann Panzo) | |
| 5 | Italy (Giovanni Grazioli, Luciano Caravani, Stefano Curini, Pietro Mennea) | |
| 6 | Great Britain (Trevor Hoyte, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Steve Green) | |
| 7 | Switzerland (Franco Fähndrich, Urs Gisler, Peter Muster, Hansjörg Ziegler) | |
| 8 | Belgium (Ronald Desruelles, Hans Van Den Daele, Danny Roelandt, Lambert Micha) |
- Men's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin)39.20 2 Italy (Giovanni Grazioli, Luciano Caravani, Stefano Curini, Pietro Mennea)39.51 3 Switzerland (Franco Fähndrich, Urs Gisler, Peter Muster, Hansjörg Ziegler)39.87 4 Great Britain (Trevor Hoyte, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Steve Green)40.08 5 Czechoslovakia (Jan Cheben, Otakar Wild, Marian Kralik, Ludek Bohman)40.43 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme)39.05 2 Soviet Union (Sergey Vladimirtsev, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko)39.21 3 France (Patrick Barre, Pascal Barre, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Hermann Panzo)39.45 4 Belgium (Ronald Desruelles, Danny Roelandt, Hans Van Den Daele, Lambert Micha)40.16 5 Bulgaria (Ivaylo Karanyotov, Vladimir Ivanov, Veselin Panov, Petar Petrov)DNF Men's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 3 September 1978
1 Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin)38.58 2 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme)38.78 3 Soviet Union (Sergey Vladimirtsev, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko)38.82 4 France (Patrick Barre, Pascal Barre, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Hermann Panzo)38.90 5 Italy (Giovanni Grazioli, Luciano Caravani, Stefano Curini, Pietro Mennea)39.11 6 Great Britain (Trevor Hoyte, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Steve Green)39.49 7 Switzerland (Franco Fähndrich, Urs Gisler, Peter Muster, Hansjörg Ziegler)39.56 8 Belgium (Ronald Desruelles, Hans Van Den Daele, Danny Roelandt, Lambert Micha)39.73 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final - 3 September 1978
1 Poland (Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin)2 East Germany (Manfred Kokot, Eugen Ray, Olaf Prenzler, Alexander Thieme)3 Soviet Union (Sergey Vladimirtsev, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Ignatenko)4 France (Patrick Barre, Pascal Barre, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Hermann Panzo)5 Italy (Giovanni Grazioli, Luciano Caravani, Stefano Curini, Pietro Mennea)6 Great Britain (Trevor Hoyte, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Steve Green)7 Switzerland (Franco Fähndrich, Urs Gisler, Peter Muster, Hansjörg Ziegler)8 Belgium (Ronald Desruelles, Hans Van Den Daele, Danny Roelandt, Lambert Micha)
Men's 4x400 m relay - 3 September 1978
| 1 | West Germany (Martin Weppler, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid) | |
| 2 | Poland (Jerzy Wlodarczyk, Zbigniew Jaremski, Cezary Lapinski, Ryszard Podlas) | |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (Josef Lomicky, Frantisek Brecka, Miroslav Tulis, Karel Kolar) | |
| 4 | Switzerland (Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Konstantin Vogt, Rolf Gisler) | |
| 5 | East Germany (Frank Richter, Günther Arnold, Andreas Busse, Jürgen Pfennig) | |
| 6 | France (Maurice Volmar, Gerard Boutier, Hector Llatser, Francois Demarthon) | |
| 7 | Italy (Roberto Tozzi, Daniele Zanini, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea) | |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (Rok Kopitar, Dragan Zivotic, Milovan Savic, Zeljko Knapic) |
- Men's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 2 September 1978
1 Poland (Jerzy Wlodarczyk, Zbigniew Jaremski, Cezary Lapinski, Ryszard Podlas)3:06.45 2 Switzerland (Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Konstantin Vogt, Rolf Gisler)3:06.60 3 Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Tulis, Josef Lomicky, Frantisek Brecka, Karel Kolar)3:07.10 4 Netherlands (Raymond Heerenveen, Koen Gijsbers, Marcel Klarenbeek, Harry Schulting)3:07.60 5 Belgium (Eddy De Leeuw, Jacques Borlée, Henri Hermans, Rijk Van Den Berghe)3:08.00 6 Great Britain (Terry Whitehead, Glen Cohen, David Jenkins, Richard Ashton)3:39.90 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 2 September 1978
1 West Germany (Martin Weppler, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid)3:05.97 2 Italy (Roberto Tozzi, Daniele Zanini, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea)3:06.50 3 France (Maurice Volmar, Gerard Boutier, Hector Llatser, Francois Demarthon)3:06.60 4 East Germany (Frank Richter, Günther Arnold, Andreas Busse, Jürgen Pfennig)3:06.80 5 Yugoslavia (Rok Kopitar, Dragan Zivotic, Milovan Savic, Zeljko Knapic)3:07.10 6 Finland (Heikki Hämäläinen, Markku Kukkoaho, Antti Rajamäki, Markku Taskinen)DNF Men's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 3 September 1978
1 West Germany (Martin Weppler, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid)3:02.03 2 Poland (Jerzy Wlodarczyk, Zbigniew Jaremski, Cezary Lapinski, Ryszard Podlas)3:03.62 3 Czechoslovakia (Josef Lomicky, Frantisek Brecka, Miroslav Tulis, Karel Kolar)3:03.99 4 Switzerland (Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Konstantin Vogt, Rolf Gisler)3:04.29 5 East Germany (Frank Richter, Günther Arnold, Andreas Busse, Jürgen Pfennig)3:04.39 6 France (Maurice Volmar, Gerard Boutier, Hector Llatser, Francois Demarthon)3:05.63 7 Italy (Roberto Tozzi, Daniele Zanini, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea)3:06.70 8 Yugoslavia (Rok Kopitar, Dragan Zivotic, Milovan Savic, Zeljko Knapic)3:06.90 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final - 3 September 1978
1 West Germany (Martin Weppler, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid)2 Poland (Jerzy Wlodarczyk, Zbigniew Jaremski, Cezary Lapinski, Ryszard Podlas)3 Czechoslovakia (Josef Lomicky, Frantisek Brecka, Miroslav Tulis, Karel Kolar)4 Switzerland (Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Konstantin Vogt, Rolf Gisler)5 East Germany (Frank Richter, Günther Arnold, Andreas Busse, Jürgen Pfennig)6 France (Maurice Volmar, Gerard Boutier, Hector Llatser, Francois Demarthon)7 Italy (Roberto Tozzi, Daniele Zanini, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea)8 Yugoslavia (Rok Kopitar, Dragan Zivotic, Milovan Savic, Zeljko Knapic)
