1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Munkelt East Germany	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin Soviet Union	Giuseppe Buttari Italy

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.73	Q
2	1	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.76	Q
3	1	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.76	Q
4	3	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	7.83	Q
5	4	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	7.84	Q
6	2	Andrzej Ziółkowski	Poland	7.86	Q
7	4	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	7.87	q
8	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.88	Q
9	1	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.92	q
10	3	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.93	q
10	4	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.93	q
12	2	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.94	Q
13	1	Juan Lloveras	Spain	7.99
14	2	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	8.01
15	3	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	8.03
16	2	Sergio Liani	Italy	8.06
17	4	Gianni Ronconi	Italy	8.07
18	3	Thierry Sellier	France	8.08
19	2	Plamen Krastev	Bulgaria	8.09
20	1	Wolfgang Muders	West Germany	8.11

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.70	Q
2	1	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	7.76	Q
2	2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.76	Q
4	2	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.80	Q
5	2	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.81	Q
6	1	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	7.85	Q
6	2	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.85
8	1	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.86
8	2	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	7.86
10	1	Andrzej Ziółkowski	Poland	7.88
11	2	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.96
12	1	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.99

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.62	=CR
	5	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.72
	4	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	7.86
4	6	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	8.12
5	2	Jan Pusty	Poland	8.15
6	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	9.05