1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Wolfgang Schmidt
 East Germany
Silver Markku Tuokko
 Finland
Bronze Imrich Bugár
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 66.82
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Markku Tuokko  Finland 64.90
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Imrich Bugár  Czechoslovakia 64.66
4 Velko Velev  Bulgaria 64.56
5 Knut Hjeltnes  Norway 63.76
6 Alwin Wagner  West Germany 62.70
7 Dmitriy Kovtsun  Soviet Union 61.84
8 Wolfgang Warnemünde  East Germany 61.28
9 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 60.22
10 Ihor Duhinets  Soviet Union 59.80
11 Óskar Jakobsson  Iceland 59.44
12 Silvano Simeon  Italy 59.16

Qualification

2 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 67.20 CR Q
2 Wolfgang Warnemünde  East Germany 63.80 Q
3 Markku Tuokko  Finland 62.82 Q
4 Knut Hjeltnes  Norway 62.36 Q
5 Alwin Wagner  West Germany 62.04 Q
6 Ihor Duhinets  Soviet Union 61.52 Q
7 Imrich Bugár  Czechoslovakia 60.96 Q
8 Dmitriy Kovtsun  Soviet Union 60.96 Q
9 Óskar Jakobsson  Iceland 60.86 Q
10 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 59.82 Q
11 Velko Velev  Bulgaria 59.62 Q
12 Silvano Simeon  Italy 59.28 Q
13 Werner Hartmann  West Germany 59.14
14 Dariusz Juzyszyn  Poland 58.86
15 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 58.60
16 Armando De Vincentiis  Italy 58.20
17 Frédéric Piette  France 57.54
18 Josef Šilhavý  Czechoslovakia 57.28
19 Juhani Tuomola  Finland 56.38
20 János Faragó  Hungary 56.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References