1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Marlies Göhr East Germany
Silver	Linda Haglund Sweden
Bronze	Lyudmila Maslakova Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August Wind: 0.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.13	CR
	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.29
	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.31
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.33
5	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.33
6	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.38
7	Chantal Réga	France	11.49
8	Sonia Lannaman	United Kingdom	11.67

Semi-finals

30 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -1.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.27	Q
2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.43	Q
3	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.51	Q
4	Sonia Lannaman	United Kingdom	11.54	Q
5	Laura Miano	Italy	11.71
6	Véronique Rosset	France	11.80
7	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.87
8	Annie Alizé	France	11.87

Semi-final 2

Wind: -1.5m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.42	Q
2	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.47	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.52	Q
4	Chantal Réga	France	11.59	Q
5	Bev Goddard	United Kingdom	11.72
6	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.80
7	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.82
8	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.95

Heats

29 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.34	Q
2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.41	Q
3	Laura Miano	Italy	11.52	Q
4	Bev Goddard	United Kingdom	11.53	Q
5	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.58	Q
6	Annie Alizé	France	11.61	q
7	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	11.82
8	Tilly Verhoef	Netherlands	12.04

Heat 2

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.23	Q
2	Sonia Lannaman	United Kingdom	11.54	Q
3	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	11.61	Q
4	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	11.70	Q
5	Véronique Rosset	France	11.77	Q
6	Petra Sharp	West Germany	11.84
7	Brigitte Haest	Austria	11.89
8	Ludmila Jimramovská	Czechoslovakia	11.91

Heat 3

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.24	Q
2	Chantal Réga	France	11.38	Q
3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	11.38	Q
4	Monika Hamann	East Germany	11.52	Q
5	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	11.65	Q
6	Grażyna Holik	Poland	11.90
7	Ellie Henzen	Netherlands	12.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)

• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)

• Netherlands (2)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)

• Sweden (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (2)