1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Vilma Bardauskienė Soviet Union
Silver	Angela Voigt East Germany
Bronze	Jarmila Nygrýnová Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Vilma Bardauskienė	Soviet Union	6.88
	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.79
	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.69
4	Brigitte Wujak	East Germany	6.60
5	Gina Panait	Romania	6.52
6	Sue Reeve	United Kingdom	6.48
7	Karin Antretter	West Germany	6.48
8	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.44
9	Jacky Curtet	France	6.24
10	Doina Anton	Romania	6.22
11	Lidia Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.20
12	Maroula Lambrou	Greece	6.12

Qualification

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vilma Bardauskienė	Soviet Union	7.09	CR, WR, Q
2	Brigitte Wujak	East Germany	6.65	Q
3	Gina Panait	Romania	6.61	Q
4	Jacky Curtet	France	6.54	Q
5	Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	6.48	Q
6	Sue Reeve	United Kingdom	6.47	Q
7	Karin Antretter	West Germany	6.46	Q
8	Angela Voigt	East Germany	6.44	Q
9	Heidemarie Wycisk	East Germany	6.40	Q
10	Lidia Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.40	Q
11	Maroula Lambrou	Greece	6.31	Q
12	Doina Anton	Romania	6.31	Q
13	Lidiya Alfeyeva	Soviet Union	6.29
14	Margit Papp	Hungary	6.28
15	Teresa Marciniak	Poland	6.26
16	Susan Hearnshaw	United Kingdom	6.25
17	Sandra Vlad	Romania	6.19
18	Isabella Keller	Switzerland	6.15
19	Sylvia Barlag	Netherlands	6.12
20	Anke Weigt	West Germany	6.08
21	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	5.85
	Eva Šuranová	Czechoslovakia	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (3)

• France (1)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Netherlands (1)

• Poland (1)
• Romania (3)
• Soviet Union (2)

• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (2)