The women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.
Medalists Gold Margit Papp Silver Burglinde Pollak Bronze Kristine Nitzsche
Results
Final 1/2 September
Rank Name Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes Margit Papp 13.70<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 15.41 1.81 6.22<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 2:16.2 4694 (4655) Burglinde Pollak 13.48<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 16.64 1.65 6.17<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:15.0 4614 (4600) Kristine Nitzsche 14.02<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 12.77 1.93 6.13<br/ >(w: 0.8 m/s) 2:12.7 4648 (4599) 4 Beatrix Philipp 14.65<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 17.95 1.77 6.03<br/ >(w: -1.2 m/s) 2:19.2 4582 (4554) 5 Yekaterina Smirnova 13.43<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 14.10 1.79 6.13<br/ >(w: -0.7 m/s) 2:19.7 4545 (4534) 6 Ramona Neubert 14.14<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 13.29 1.75 6.33<br/ >(w: -1.2 m/s) 2:21.3 4381 (4380) 7 Ina Losch 15.03<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 12.14 1.79 6.23<br/ >(w: -2.0 m/s) 2:13.97 4302 (4319) 8 Florence Picaut 13.98<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 13.16 1.83 5.80<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:25.0 4281 (4307) 9 Marcela Koblasová 14.35<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 13.38 1.71 6.00<br/ >(w: -0.6 m/s) 2:24.6 4161 (4210) 10 Cornelia Sulek 14.66<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 14.78 1.79 5.44<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:24.7 4143 (4202) 11 Els Stolk 14.72<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 12.22 1.77 5.83<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 2:18.73 4135 (4190) 12 Sylvia Barlag 14.47<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 11.56 1.79 5.91<br/ >(w: -1.5 m/s) 2:21.0 4143 (4184) 13 Yvette Wray 13.96<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 12.04 1.67 5.83<br/ >(w: 2.0 m/s) 2:18.9 4103 (4171) 14 Angela Weiss 14.03<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 11.18 1.73 5.94<br/ >(w: -1.3 m/s) 2:20.9 4114 (4165) 15 Gabriela Ionescu 14.52<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 11.29 1.71 6.06<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:18.9 4094 (4145) 16 Breda Lorenci 14.36<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 12.86 1.71 5.60<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) 2:20.1 4064 (4144) 17 Sue Mapstone 14.28<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 10.99 1.73 5.58<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:24.8 3906 (3993) 18 Annette Tånnander 14.80<br/ >(w: -0.3 m/s) 11.35 1.85 5.70<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 3286 (3364) Danuta Cały 14.48<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 12.99 1.77 NM DNF Nadiya Tkachenko 13.32<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 15.11 1.79 6.31<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 2:12.25 DQ Doping† Yekaterina Gordiyenko 13.95<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 14.64 1.79 6.17<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 2:14.6 DQ Doping‡ †: Nadiya Tkachenko ranked initially 1st (4744pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules. ‡: Yekaterina Gordiyenko ranked initially 5th (4572pts), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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