1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.

Women's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadion Evžena Rošického
Location	Prague
Dates	29 August (heats) 30 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors	23 from 14 nations
Winning time	11.13
Medalists
Marlies Göhr   East Germany   Linda Haglund   Sweden   Lyudmila Maslakova   Soviet Union

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (2)

Results

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.34	Q
2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.41	Q
3	Laura Miano	Italy	11.52	Q
4	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	11.53	Q
5	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.58	Q
6	Annie Alizé	France	11.61	q
7	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	11.82
8	Tilly Verhoef	Netherlands	12.04
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.23	Q
2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.54	Q
3	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.61	Q
4	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.70	Q
5	Véronique Rosset	France	11.77	Q
6	Petra Sharp	West Germany	11.84
7	Brigitte Haest	Austria	11.89
8	Ludmila Jimramovská	Czechoslovakia	11.91
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.24	Q
2	Chantal Réga	France	11.38	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.38	Q
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.52	Q
5	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.65	Q
6	Grażyna Molik	Poland	11.90
7	Ellie Henzen	Netherlands	12.04
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.27	Q
2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.43	Q
3	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.51	Q
4	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.54	Q
5	Laura Miano	Italy	11.71
6	Véronique Rosset	France	11.80
7	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.87
8	Annie Alizé	France	11.87
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.42	Q
2	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.47	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.52	Q
4	Chantal Réga	France	11.59	Q
5	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	11.72
6	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.80
7	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.82
8	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.95
			Wind: -1.5 m/s

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.13	CR
	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.29
	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.31
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.33
5	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.33
6	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.38
7	Chantal Réga	France	11.49
8	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.67
			Wind: 0.0 m/s