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1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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{{1978 European Athletics Championships}}

The men's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.

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| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK

| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf

| pages = 427–435

| publisher = European Athletics Association

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| accessdate = 13 August 2014

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Medalists

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bgcolor="gold"|GoldWolfgang Schmidt
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bgcolor="silver"|SilverMarkku Tuokko
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bgcolor="CC9966"|BronzeImrich Bugár
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Results

=Final=

3 September

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RankNameNationalityResultNotes
{{Gold1}}align=left | Wolfgang Schmidtalign=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}}66.82
{{Silver2}}align=left | Markku Tuokkoalign=left | {{flagcountry|FIN}}64.90
{{Bronze3}}align=left | Imrich Bugáralign=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}}64.66
4align=left | Velko Velevalign=left | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}64.56
5align=left | Knut Hjeltnesalign=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}}63.76
6align=left | Alwin Wagneralign=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}}62.70
7align=left | Dmitriy Kovtsunalign=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}}61.84
8align=left | Wolfgang Warnemündealign=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}}61.28
9align=left | Ferenc Téglaalign=left | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}}60.22
10align=left | Ihor Duhinetsalign=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}}59.80
11align=left | Óskar Jakobssonalign=left | {{flagcountry|ISL}}59.44
12align=left | Silvano Simeonalign=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}}59.16

=Qualification=

2 September

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align=left | Wolfgang Schmidtalign=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}}67.20CR Q
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align=left | Wolfgang Warnemündealign=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}}63.80Q
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align=left | Markku Tuokkoalign=left | {{flagcountry|FIN}}62.82Q
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| 4

align=left | Knut Hjeltnesalign=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}}62.36Q
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| 5

align=left | Alwin Wagneralign=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}}62.04Q
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| 6

align=left | Ihor Duhinetsalign=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}}61.52Q
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| 7

align=left | Imrich Bugáralign=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}}60.96Q
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| 8

align=left | Dmitriy Kovtsunalign=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}}60.96Q
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| 9

align=left | Óskar Jakobssonalign=left | {{flagcountry|ISL}}60.86Q
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| 10

align=left | Ferenc Téglaalign=left | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}}59.82Q
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| 11

align=left | Velko Velevalign=left | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}59.62Q
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| 12

align=left | Silvano Simeonalign=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}}59.28Q
13align=left | Werner Hartmannalign=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}}59.14
14align=left | Dariusz Juzyszynalign=left | {{flagcountry|POL}}58.86
15align=left | Ludvík Daněkalign=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}}58.60
16align=left | Armando De Vincentiisalign=left | {{flagcountry|ITA}}58.20
17align=left | Frédéric Piettealign=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}}57.54
18align=left | Josef Šilhavýalign=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}}57.28
19align=left | Juhani Tuomolaalign=left | {{flagcountry|FIN}}56.38
20align=left | János Faragóalign=left | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}}56.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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  • {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} (1)
  • {{flagcountry|TCH}} (3)
  • {{flagcountry|GDR}} (2)
  • {{flagcountry|FIN}} (2)
  • {{flagcountry|FRA}} (1)
  • {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} (2)
  • {{flagcountry|ISL}} (1)
  • {{flagcountry|ITA}} (2)
  • {{flagcountry|NOR}} (1)
  • {{flagcountry|POL}} (1)
  • {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (2)
  • {{flagcountry|FRG}} (2)

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References

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Discus throw

Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships