1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.

Medalists Gold Vera AnisimovaLyudmila MaslakovaLyudmila KondratyevaLyudmila StorozhkovaSilver Bev GoddardKathy SmallwoodSharon ColyearSonia LannamanBronze Johanna KlierMonika HamannCarla BodendorfMarlies Göhr

Results Final 3 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Vera AnisimovaLyudmila MaslakovaLyudmila KondratyevaLyudmila Storozhkova 42.54 Bev GoddardKathy SmallwoodSharon ColyearSonia Lannaman 42.72 Johanna KlierMonika HamannCarla BodendorfMarlies Göhr 43.07 4 Sofka PopovaLiliyana IvanovaZdravka ShipokliyevaIvanka Valkova 43.47 5 Grażyna RabsztynZofia BielczykJolanta StalmachIrena Szewińska 43.83 6 Elvira PossekelDagmar SchentenClaudia StegerPetra Sharp 44.34 7 Linda HaglundHelena PihlJeanette RangebyLena Möller 44.37 Véronique RossetAnnie AlizéChantal RégaRaymonde Naigre DNF

Heats 2 September

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Johanna KlierMonika HamannCarla BodendorfMarlies Göhr 43.05 Q 2 Véronique RossetAnnie AlizéChantal RégaRaymonde Naigre 43.78 Q 3 Sofka PopovaLiliyana IvanovaZdravka ShipokliyevaIvanka Valkova 43.97 Q 4 Grażyna RabsztynZofia BielczykJolanta StalmachIrena Szewińska 44.20 Q 5 Andriana CariPaola BolognesiMarisa MasulloLaura Miano 44.95

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Vera AnisimovaLyudmila MaslakovaLyudmila KondratyevaLyudmila Storozhkova 43.35 Q 2 Bev GoddardKathy SmallwoodSharon ColyearSonia Lannaman 43.90 Q 3 Linda HaglundHelena PihlJeanette RangebyLena Möller 44.31 Q 4 Elvira PossekelDagmar SchentenClaudia StegerPetra Sharp 44.58 Q 5 Daniela DrinkováDana ŠirokáZdena HolánováLudmila Jimramovská 45.03

Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

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