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

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

The women'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	Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Storozhkova Soviet Union
Silver	Bev Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman Great Britain
Bronze	Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr East Germany

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Soviet Union	Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Storozhkova	42.54
	Great Britain	Bev Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman	42.72
	East Germany	Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr	43.07
4	Bulgaria	Sofka Popova Liliyana Ivanova Zdravka Shipokliyeva Ivanka Valkova	43.47
5	Poland	Grażyna Rabsztyn Zofia Bielczyk Jolanta Stalmach Irena Szewińska	43.83
6	West Germany	Elvira Possekel Dagmar Schenten Claudia Steger Petra Sharp	44.34
7	Sweden	Linda Haglund Helena Pihl Jeanette Rangeby Lena Möller	44.37
	France	Véronique Rosset Annie Alizé Chantal Réga Raymonde Naigre	DNF

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr	43.05	Q
2	France	Véronique Rosset Annie Alizé Chantal Réga Raymonde Naigre	43.78	Q
3	Bulgaria	Sofka Popova Liliyana Ivanova Zdravka Shipokliyeva Ivanka Valkova	43.97	Q
4	Poland	Grażyna Rabsztyn Zofia Bielczyk Jolanta Stalmach Irena Szewińska	44.20	Q
5	Italy	Andriana Cari Paola Bolognesi Marisa Masullo Laura Miano	44.95

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Vera Anisimova Lyudmila Maslakova Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Storozhkova	43.35	Q
2	Great Britain	Bev Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman	43.90	Q
3	Sweden	Linda Haglund Helena Pihl Jeanette Rangeby Lena Möller	44.31	Q
4	West Germany	Elvira Possekel Dagmar Schenten Claudia Steger Petra Sharp	44.58	Q
5	Czechoslovakia	Daniela Drinková Dana Široká Zdena Holánová Ludmila Jimramovská	45.03

Participation

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

• Bulgaria (4)
• Czechoslovakia (4)
• East Germany (4)
• France (4)
• Italy (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)