1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Margit Papp Hungary
Silver	Burglinde Pollak East Germany
Bronze	Kristine Nitzsche East Germany

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

1/2 September

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	800m	Points	Notes
	Margit Papp	Hungary	13.70 (w: 0.5 m/s)	15.41	1.81	6.22 (w: -0.9 m/s)	2:16.2	4694 (4655)
	Burglinde Pollak	East Germany	13.48 (w: 0.5 m/s)	16.64	1.65	6.17 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:15.0	4614 (4600)
	Kristine Nitzsche	East Germany	14.02 (w: -0.4 m/s)	12.77	1.93	6.13 (w: 0.8 m/s)	2:12.7	4648 (4599)
4	Beatrix Philipp	West Germany	14.65 (w: -0.4 m/s)	17.95	1.77	6.03 (w: -1.2 m/s)	2:19.2	4582 (4554)
5	Yekaterina Smirnova	Soviet Union	13.43 (w: 0.5 m/s)	14.10	1.79	6.13 (w: -0.7 m/s)	2:19.7	4545 (4534)
6	Ramona Neubert	East Germany	14.14 (w: 0.5 m/s)	13.29	1.75	6.33 (w: -1.2 m/s)	2:21.3	4381 (4380)
7	Ina Losch	West Germany	15.03 (w: 0.5 m/s)	12.14	1.79	6.23 (w: -2.0 m/s)	2:13.97	4302 (4319)
8	Florence Picaut	France	13.98 (w: 0.5 m/s)	13.16	1.83	5.80 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:25.0	4281 (4307)
9	Marcela Koblasová	Czechoslovakia	14.35 (w: -0.4 m/s)	13.38	1.71	6.00 (w: -0.6 m/s)	2:24.6	4161 (4210)
10	Cornelia Sulek	West Germany	14.66 (w: -0.3 m/s)	14.78	1.79	5.44 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:24.7	4143 (4202)
11	Els Stolk	Netherlands	14.72 (w: -0.3 m/s)	12.22	1.77	5.83 (w: 1.1 m/s)	2:18.73	4135 (4190)
12	Sylvia Barlag	Netherlands	14.47 (w: 0.5 m/s)	11.56	1.79	5.91 (w: -1.5 m/s)	2:21.0	4143 (4184)
13	Yvette Wray	Great Britain	13.96 (w: 0.5 m/s)	12.04	1.67	5.83 (w: 2.0 m/s)	2:18.9	4103 (4171)
14	Angela Weiss	Switzerland	14.03 (w: 0.5 m/s)	11.18	1.73	5.94 (w: -1.3 m/s)	2:20.9	4114 (4165)
15	Gabriela Ionescu	Romania	14.52 (w: -0.3 m/s)	11.29	1.71	6.06 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:18.9	4094 (4145)
16	Breda Lorenci	Yugoslavia	14.36 (w: -0.3 m/s)	12.86	1.71	5.60 (w: 1.4 m/s)	2:20.1	4064 (4144)
17	Sue Mapstone	Great Britain	14.28 (w: 0.5 m/s)	10.99	1.73	5.58 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:24.8	3906 (3993)
18	Annette Tånnander	Sweden	14.80 (w: -0.3 m/s)	11.35	1.85	5.70 (w: 0.4 m/s)		3286 (3364)
	Danuta Cały	Poland	14.48 (w: -0.4 m/s)	12.99	1.77	NM		DNF
	Nadiya Tkachenko	Soviet Union	13.32 (w: 0.5 m/s)	15.11	1.79	6.31 (w: 0.4 m/s)	2:12.25	DQ	Doping^†
	Yekaterina Gordiyenko	Soviet Union	13.95 (w: -0.4 m/s)	14.64	1.79	6.17 (w: 0.5 m/s)	2:14.6	DQ	Doping^‡

^†: Nadiya Tkachenko ranked initially 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[2]
^‡: Yekaterina Gordiyenko ranked initially 5th (4572pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[2]

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
^ ^a ^b Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014

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

[iaaf_01-2] Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014

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v t e Decathlon and heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships
Men's decathlon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
Women's pentathlon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978
Women's heptathlon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022

v t e European Athletics Championships heptathlon and pentathlon
Pentathlon	1950: Arlette Ben Hamo (FRA) 1954: Aleksandra Chudina (URS) 1958: Galina Bystrova (URS) 1962: Galina Bystrova (URS) 1966: Valentina Tikhomirova (URS) 1969: Liese Prokop (AUT) 1971: Heide Rosendahl (FRG) 1974: Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) 1978: Margit Papp (HUN)
Heptathlon	1982: Ramona Neubert (GDR) 1986: Anke Vater (GDR) 1990: Sabine Braun (GER) 1994: Sabine Braun (GER) 1998: Denise Lewis (GBR) 2002: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2006: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2010: Jessica Ennis (GBR) 2012: Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 2014: Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 2016: Anouk Vetter (NED) 2018: Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 2022: Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)

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
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