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

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 4 x 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	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin Poland
Silver	Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme East Germany
Bronze	Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin	38.58	CR
	East Germany	Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme	38.78
	Soviet Union	Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko	38.82
4	France	Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo	38.90
5	Italy	Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea	39.11
6	Great Britain	Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Steve Green	39.49
7	Switzerland	Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler	39.56
8	Belgium	Ronald Desruelles Hans van den Daele Danny Roelandt Lambert Micha	39.73

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin	39.20	Q
2	Italy	Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea	39.51	Q
3	Switzerland	Franco Fähndrich Urs Gisler Peter Muster Hansjörg Ziegler	39.87	Q
4	Great Britain	Trevor Hoyte Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Steve Green	40.08	Q
5	Czechoslovakia	Jan Cheben Otakar Wild Marián Králik Luděk Bohman	40.43

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Manfred Kokot Eugen Ray Olaf Prenzler Alexander Thieme	39.05	Q
2	Soviet Union	Sergey Vladimirtsev Nikolay Kolesnikov Aleksandr Aksinin Vladimir Ignatenko	39.21	Q
3	France	Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Lucien Sainte-Rose Hermann Panzo	39.45	Q
4	Belgium	Ronald Desruelles Danny Roelandt Hans van den Daele Lambert Micha	40.16	Q
	Bulgaria	Ivaylo Karanyotov Vladimir Ivanov Veselin Panov Petar Petrov	DNF

Participation

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

• Belgium (4)
• Bulgaria (4)
• Czechoslovakia (4)
• East Germany (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Great Britain (4)