1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Margit Papp
 Hungary
Silver Burglinde Pollak
 East Germany
Bronze Kristine Nitzsche
 East Germany

Results

Final

1/2 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Name Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Margit Papp  Hungary 13.70
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		15.41 1.81 6.22
(w: -0.9 m/s) 		2:16.2 4694 (4655)
2nd, silver medalist(s) Burglinde Pollak  East Germany 13.48
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		16.64 1.65 6.17
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:15.0 4614 (4600)
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kristine Nitzsche  East Germany 14.02
(w: -0.4 m/s) 		12.77 1.93 6.13
(w: 0.8 m/s) 		2:12.7 4648 (4599)
4 Beatrix Philipp  West Germany 14.65
(w: -0.4 m/s) 		17.95 1.77 6.03
(w: -1.2 m/s) 		2:19.2 4582 (4554)
5 Yekaterina Smirnova  Soviet Union 13.43
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		14.10 1.79 6.13
(w: -0.7 m/s) 		2:19.7 4545 (4534)
6 Ramona Neubert  East Germany 14.14
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		13.29 1.75 6.33
(w: -1.2 m/s) 		2:21.3 4381 (4380)
7 Ina Losch  West Germany 15.03
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		12.14 1.79 6.23
(w: -2.0 m/s) 		2:13.97 4302 (4319)
8 Florence Picaut  France 13.98
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		13.16 1.83 5.80
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:25.0 4281 (4307)
9 Marcela Koblasová  Czechoslovakia 14.35
(w: -0.4 m/s) 		13.38 1.71 6.00
(w: -0.6 m/s) 		2:24.6 4161 (4210)
10 Cornelia Sulek  West Germany 14.66
(w: -0.3 m/s) 		14.78 1.79 5.44
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:24.7 4143 (4202)
11 Els Stolk  Netherlands 14.72
(w: -0.3 m/s) 		12.22 1.77 5.83
(w: 1.1 m/s) 		2:18.73 4135 (4190)
12 Sylvia Barlag  Netherlands 14.47
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		11.56 1.79 5.91
(w: -1.5 m/s) 		2:21.0 4143 (4184)
13 Yvette Wray  United Kingdom 13.96
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		12.04 1.67 5.83
(w: 2.0 m/s) 		2:18.9 4103 (4171)
14 Angela Weiss   Switzerland 14.03
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		11.18 1.73 5.94
(w: -1.3 m/s) 		2:20.9 4114 (4165)
15 Gabriela Ionescu  Romania 14.52
(w: -0.3 m/s) 		11.29 1.71 6.06
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:18.9 4094 (4145)
16 Breda Lorenci  Yugoslavia 14.36
(w: -0.3 m/s) 		12.86 1.71 5.60
(w: 1.4 m/s) 		2:20.1 4064 (4144)
17 Sue Mapstone  United Kingdom 14.28
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		10.99 1.73 5.58
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:24.8 3906 (3993)
18 Annette Tånnander  Sweden 14.80
(w: -0.3 m/s) 		11.35 1.85 5.70
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		3286 (3364)
19 Danuta Cały  Poland 14.48
(w: -0.4 m/s) 		12.99 1.77 NM DNF
20 Nadezhda Tkachenko  Soviet Union 13.32
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		15.11 1.79 6.31
(w: 0.4 m/s) 		2:12.25 DQ Doping†
21 Yekaterina Gordiyenko  Soviet Union 13.95
(w: -0.4 m/s) 		14.64 1.79 6.17
(w: 0.5 m/s) 		2:14.6 DQ Doping‡

†: Nadezhda Tkachenko ranked initially 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
‡: Yekaterina Gordiyenko ranked initially 5th (4572pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. 1 2 Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, retrieved September 13, 2014
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