1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon
| 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| 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 | |
The women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Margit Papp Hungary
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| Silver | Burglinde Pollak East Germany
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| Bronze | Kristine Nitzsche East Germany
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Results
Final
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 |
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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) | |
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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) | |
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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 |  United Kingdom |
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 | United Kingdom |
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 | |||
| Nadezhda 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‡ |
†: Nadezhda 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
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ^ 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, retrieved September 13, 2014