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XII European Championship, Praha 1978
Men, Track
100 m
1 Pietro Mennea ITA 10.27  
2 Eugen Ray GDR 10.36  
3 Vladimir Ignatenko URS 10.37  
4 Petar Petrov BUL 10.41  
5 Leszek Dunecki POL 10.43  
6 Allan Wells GBR 10.45  
7 Nikolay Kolesnikov URS 10.46  
8 Valeriy Borzov URS 10.55  
200 m
1 Pietro Mennea ITA 20.16 CR
2 Olaf Prenzler GDR 20.61  
3 Peter Muster SUI 20.64  
4 Leszek Dunecki POL 20.68  
5 Pascal Barré FRA 20.70  
6 Zenon Licznerski POL 20.74  
7 Aleksandr Aksinin URS 20.87  
8 Vladimir Ivanov BUL 20.92  
400 m
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG 45.73  
2 Karel Kolar TCH 45.77  
3 Francis Demarthon FRA 45.97  
4 Lothar Krieg FRG 46.22  
5 Terry Whitehead GBR 46.23  
6 Richard Ashton GBR 46.34  
7 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.69  
Jerzy Pietrzyk POL DNS  
800 m
1 Olaf Beyer GDR 1.43.8 CR
2 Steve Ovett GBR 1.44.1  
3 Sebastian Coe GBR 1.44.8  
4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak URS 1.45.8  
5 Vladimir Podolyako URS 1.46.2  
6 Andreas Busse GDR 1.47.1  
7 Dragan Zivotic YUG 1.47.4  
8 Jose Marajo FRA 1.53.4  
1500 m
1 Steve Ovett GBR 3.35.6 CR
2 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 3.36.6  
3 David Moorcroft GBR 3.36.7  
4 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 3.37.2  
5 Antti Loikkanen FIN 3.37.5  
6 Jose Marajo FRA 3.38.2  
7 Jürgen Straub GDR 3.38.9  
8 John Robson GBR 3.39.6  
5000 m
1 Venanzio Ortis ITA 13.28.5  
2 Markus Ryffel SUI 13.28.6  
3 Aleksandr Fedotkin URS 13.28.6  
4 John Treacy IRL 13.28.8  
5 Ilie Floroiu ROU 13.29.3  
6 Martti Vainio FIN 13.29.7  
7 Nick Rose GBR 13.32.8  
8 Enn Sellik URS 13.35.8  
10000 m
1 Martti Vainio FIN 27.31.0 CR
2 Venanzio Ortis ITA 27.31.5  
3 Aleksandr Antipov URS 27.31.5  
4 Brendan Foster GBR 27.32.7  
5 David Black GBR 27.36.3  
6 Gerard Tebroke NED 27.36.6  
7 Ilie Floroiu ROU 27.40.1  
8 Knut Kvalheim NOR 27.41.3  
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1 Leonid Moseyev URS 2.11.57 CR
2 Nikolay Penzin URS 2.11.59  
3 Karel Lismont BEL 2.12.07  
4 Waldemar Cierpinski GDR 2.12.20  
5 Catalin Andreica ROU 2.12.29  
6 Massimo Magnani ITA 2.12.45  
7 Hans-Joachim Truppel GDR 2.12.54  
8 Jürgen Eberding GDR 2.13.39  
110 m Hurdles
1 Thomas Munkelt GDR 13.54  
2 Jan Pusty POL 13.55  
3 Arto Bryggare FIN 13.56  
4 Giuseppe Buttari ITA 13.78  
5 Eduard Pereverzyev URS 13.83  
6 Vyacheslav Kulebyakin URS 13.90  
7 Romuald Giegiel POL 13.91  
8 Dieter Gebhard FRG 13.94  
400 m Hurdles
1 Harald Schmid FRG 48.51 CR
2 Dmitriy Stukalov URS 49.72  
3 Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS 49.77  
4 Franz Meier SUI 49.84  
5 Harry Schulting NED 50.07  
6 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 50.10  
7 José Alonso ESP 50.19  
8 Horia Toboc ROU 50.46  
3000 m Steeplechase
1 Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8.15.1  
2 Patriz Ilg FRG 8.16.9  
3 Ismu Toukonen FIN 8.18.3  
4 Michael Karst GDR 8.19.0  
5 Paul Copu ROU 8.20.4  
6 Vasile Bichea ROU 8.24.9  
7 Frantisek Bartos TCH 8.38.0  
8 Manfred Schoeneberg FRG 8.40.1  
20 km Road Walk
1 Roland Wieser GDR 1.23.12 CR
2 Pyotr Pochenchuk URS 1.23.43  
3 Anatoliy Solomin URS 1.24.12  
4 Boris Yakovlev URS 1.24.28  
5 José Marin ESP 1.24.58  
6 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1.24.58  
7 Hartwig Gauder GDR 1.25.16  
8 Roberto Buccione ITA 1.25.41  
50 km Road Walk
1 Jorge Llopart ESP 3.53.30 CR
2 Veniamin Soldatenko URS 3.55.13  
3 Jan Ornoch POL 3.55.16  
4 Otto Barch URS 3.57.24  
5 Viktor Dobrovskiy URS 3.57.27  
6 Vittorio Visini ITA 3.57.43  
7 Alessandro Bellucci ITA 3.58.26  
8 Olaf Pilarski GDR 4.00.04  
Relays
4 x 100 m
1 Poland 38.58  
  Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin  
2 East Germany 38.78  
  Kokott, Ray, Prenzler, Thieme  
3 Soviet Union 38.82  
  Vladimirsev, Kolesnikov, Aksinin, Ignatenko  
4 France 38.90  
5 Italy 39.11  
6 Great Britain 39.49  
7 Switzerland 39.56  
8 Belgium 39.73  
4 x 400 m
1 West Germany 3.02.0  
  Weppler, Hofmaister, Herrmann, H.Schmid  
2 Poland 3.03.6  
  Wlodarczyk, Jaremski, Lapinski, Podlas  
3 Czechoslovakia 3.04.0  
  Lomicky, Brecka, Tulis, Kolar  
4 Switzerland 3.04.3  
5 East Germany 3.04.4  
6 France 3.05.6  
7 Italy 3.06.7  
8 Yugoslavia 3.06.9