The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.
Medalists Gold Giana Romanova Silver Natalia Mărăşescu Bronze Totka Petrova
Results
Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Giana Romanova 3:59.01 CR Natalia Mărăşescu 3:59.77 Totka Petrova 4:00.15 4 Valentina Ilyinykh 4:00.18 5 Grete Waitz 4:00.55 NR 6 Gabriella Dorio 4:01.25 7 Ulrike Bruns 4:02.20 8 Cornelia Bürki 4:04.60 9 Vesela Yatsinska 4:04.73 10 Lyudmila Kalnitskaya 4:06.6 11 Maricica Puică 4:09.3 12 Christine Benning 4:11.5
Heats 1 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ulrike Bruns 4:11.50 Q 2 Gabriella Dorio 4:11.5 Q 3 Vesela Yatsinska 4:11.7 Q 4 Giana Romanova 4:11.8 Q 5 Cornelia Bürki 4:11.8 Q 6 Brigitte Kraus 4:11.9 7 Mary Stewart 4:17.5 8 Tineke Kluft 4:17.7 9 Irén Lipcsei 4:20.2 10 Fernande Schmitt 4:31.3
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalia Mărăşescu 4:05.76 Q 2 Maricica Puică 4:06.1 Q 3 Valentina Ilyinykh 4:06.3 Q 4 Grete Waitz 4:06.3 Q 5 Lyudmila Kalnitskaya 4:06.7 Q 6 Totka Petrova 4:07.2 q 7 Christine Benning 4:11.8 q 8 Magdolna Lázár 4:14.4 9 Drahomíra Zvoníčková 4:19.2 10 Véronique Renties 4:40.3
Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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