1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union
Silver	Marlies Göhr East Germany
Bronze	Carla Bodendorf East Germany

Results

Final

1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	22.52
	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	22.53
	Carla Bodendorf	East Germany	22.64
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	22.76
5	Chantal Réga	France	22.77
6	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	22.89
7	Linda Haglund	Sweden	23.07
8	Lilyana Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.23

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	22.86	Q
2	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	22.86	Q
3	Monika Hamann	East Germany	22.99	Q
4	Lilyana Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.12	Q
5	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	23.36
6	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	23.41
7	Raymonde Naigre	France	23.89
8	Claudia Steger	West Germany	24.18

Semi-final 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	22.83	Q
2	Carla Bodendorf	East Germany	22.92	Q
3	Chantal Réga	France	22.98	Q
4	Linda Haglund	Sweden	23.11	Q
5	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.12
6	Tatyana Prorochenko	Soviet Union	23.30
7	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	23.37
8	Irén Orosz	Hungary	23.56

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana Prorochenko	Soviet Union	23.23	Q
2	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.54	Q
3	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	23.73	Q
4	Claudia Steger	West Germany	23.96	Q
5	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	23.99
6	Radislava Šoborová	Czechoslovakia	24.55

Heat 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	23.11	Q
2	Monika Hamann	East Germany	23.35	Q
3	Irén Orosz	Hungary	23.46	Q
4	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	23.48	Q
5	Dagmar Schenten	West Germany	23.70
6	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	23.84
7	Tilly Verhoef	Netherlands	24.12

Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chantal Réga	France	23.26	Q
2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	23.38	Q
3	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	23.40	Q
4	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	23.54	Q
5	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.62
6	Silvia Schinzel	Austria	24.30

Heat 4

Wind: 0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	22.92	Q
2	Lilyana Ivanova	Bulgaria	22.93	Q
3	Carla Bodendorf	East Germany	23.11	Q
4	Raymonde Naigre	France	23.56	Q
5	Jolanta Stalmach	Poland	23.96
6	Ellie Henzen	Netherlands	23.97

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)

• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)

• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (3)

• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (2)