1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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 Soviet Union
Silver	Natalia Mărăşescu Romania
Bronze	Totka Petrova Bulgaria

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	3:59.01	CR
	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	3:59.77
	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:00.15
4	Valentina Ilyinykh	Soviet Union	4:00.18
5	Grete Waitz	Norway	4:00.55	NR
6	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:01.25
7	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	4:02.20
8	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	4:04.60
9	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:04.73
10	Lyudmila Kalnitskaya	Soviet Union	4:06.6
11	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:09.3
12	Christine Benning	Great Britain	4:11.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	4:11.50	Q
2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:11.5	Q
3	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:11.7	Q
4	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	4:11.8	Q
5	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	4:11.8	Q
6	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	4:11.9
7	Mary Stewart	Great Britain	4:17.5
8	Tineke Kluft	Netherlands	4:17.7
9	Irén Lipcsei	Hungary	4:20.2
10	Fernande Schmitt	Luxembourg	4:31.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	4:05.76	Q
2	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:06.1	Q
3	Valentina Ilyinykh	Soviet Union	4:06.3	Q
4	Grete Waitz	Norway	4:06.3	Q
5	Lyudmila Kalnitskaya	Soviet Union	4:06.7	Q
6	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:07.2	q
7	Christine Benning	Great Britain	4:11.8	q
8	Magdolna Lázár	Hungary	4:14.4
9	Drahomíra Zvoníčková	Czechoslovakia	4:19.2
10	Véronique Renties	France	4:40.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (1)