1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch
Silver	Tatyana Prorochenko Nadezhda Mushta Tatyana Providokhina Mariya Kulchunova
Bronze	Małgorzata Gajewska Krystyna Kacperczyk Genowefa Błaszak Irena Szewińska

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	align=left			3:21.20	CR
	align=left			3:22.53
	align=left			3:26.76
4	align=left			3:27.17
5	align=left			3:27.96
6	align=left			3:30.4
7	align=left			3:30.7
8	align=left			3:32.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	align=left			3:24.2	CR Q
2	align=left			3:29.0	Q
3	align=left			3:30.7	Q
4	align=left			3:31.2	Q
5	align=left			3:33.8
6	align=left			3:34.7

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	align=left			3:27.7	Q
2	align=left			3:30.9	Q
3	align=left			3:31.2	Q
4	align=left			3:31.8	Q
5	align=left			3:32.2
6	align=left			3:33.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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