1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
| 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 shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August 1978.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Ilona Slupianek East Germany
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| Silver | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia
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| Bronze | Margitta Droese East Germany
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Results
Final
30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Ilona Slupianek | East Germany |
21.41 | CR |
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Helena Fibingerová | Czechoslovakia |
20.86 | |
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Margitta Droese | East Germany |
20.58 | |
| 4 | Svetlana Krachevskaya |  Soviet Union |
20.13 | |
| 5 | Eva Wilms |  West Germany |
19.20 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Petrova |  Bulgaria |
18.85 | |
| 7 | Svetlana Melnikova | Soviet Union |
18.63 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Loghin |  Romania |
17.35 | |
| 9 | Zdeňka Šilhavá | Czechoslovakia |
17.23 | |
| 10 | Beatrix Philipp | West Germany |
17.13 | |
| Nina Isayeva | Soviet Union |
NM | ||
| Elena Stoyanova | Bulgaria |
DQ | Doping† |
†Elena Stoyanova ranked initially 5th (19.43m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 6 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
- ^ 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