1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Milan.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Nikolay Kolesnikov
 Soviet Union
Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
Aleksandr Aksinin
 Soviet Union

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 2 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 6.71 Q
2 3 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 6.72 Q
3 1 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 6.74 Q
3 4 Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 6.74 Q
5 3 Giovanni Grazioli  Italy 6.75 Q
6 2 Bernard Petitbois  France 6.76 Q
6 4 Massimo Clementoni  Italy 6.76 Q
8 2 Marian Woronin  Poland 6.79 q
9 1 Christer Garpenborg  Sweden 6.83 Q
10 4 Gilles Échevin  France 6.84 q
11 3 Jan Alończyk  Poland 6.85 q
12 2 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.86 q
13 3 Josep Carbonell  Spain 6.88
14 4 Ángel Ibáñez  Spain 6.89
15 1 Ján Chebeň  Czechoslovakia 6.91
16 1 Vincenzo Guerini  Italy 6.91
17 1 Pierrick Thessard  France 6.95

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 6.67 Q
2 1 Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 6.69 Q
3 1 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 6.70 Q
4 1 Marian Woronin  Poland 6.71 Q
5 2 Giovanni Grazioli  Italy 6.74 Q
6 2 Bernard Petitbois  France 6.77 Q
7 1 Massimo Clementoni  Italy 6.78
7 1 Gilles Échevin  France 6.78
7 2 Christer Garpenborg  Sweden 6.78
10 2 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 6.79
11 1 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.80
12 2 Jan Alończyk  Poland 6.81

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union 6.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 6.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 6.73
4 Marian Woronin  Poland 6.75
5 Giovanni Grazioli  Italy 6.76
6 Bernard Petitbois  France 6.84

References

  1. ^ Results
  2. ^ Results (p. 470)