1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 Metres
The men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.
| Men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadion Evžena Rošického | |||||||||
| Location | Prague | |||||||||
| Dates |
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| Competitors | 28 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 10.27 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
Austria (1)
Belgium (2)
Bulgaria (3)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (2)
France (2)
Great Britain (1)
Greece (1)
Iceland (1)
Italy (3)
Poland (2)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (1)
Yugoslavia (1)
Results
Heats
29 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan Wells |  Great Britain | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 10.50 | Q |
| 3 | Joseph Arame |  France | 10.59 | Q |
| 4 | Lambert Micha |  Belgium | 10.63 | Q |
| 5 | Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 10.64 | |
| 6 | Ladislav Latocha |  Czechoslovakia | 10.73 | |
| 7 | Ivaylo Karanyotov |  Bulgaria | 10.78 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea |  Italy | 10.19 | CR, Q |
| 2 | Leszek Dunecki |  Poland | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Ignatenko | Soviet Union | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | Dragan Zarić |  Yugoslavia | 10.59 | Q |
| 5 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 10.60 | |
| 6 | Stefan Nilsson |  Sweden | 10.62 | |
| 7 | Otakar Wild | Czechoslovakia | 10.73 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugen Ray |  East Germany | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | Marian Woronin | Poland | 10.50 | Q |
| 3 | Stefano Curini | Italy | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Kenth Rönn | Sweden | 10.58 | Q |
| 5 | Pierrick Thessard | France | 10.79 | |
| 6 | Gernot Massing |  Austria | 10.86 | |
| 7 | Veselin Panov | Bulgaria | 10.90 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 10.49 | Q |
| 3 | Lambros Kefalas |  Greece | 10.53 | Q |
| 4 | Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 10.55 | Q |
| 5 | Alexander Thieme | East Germany | 10.55 | |
| 6 | Zdeněk Mazur | Czechoslovakia | 10.73 | |
| 7 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson |  Iceland | 10.76 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||
Semi-finals
30 August
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Ignatenko | Soviet Union | 10.45 | Q |
| 3 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 10.46 | Q |
| 4 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.53 | Q |
| 5 | Marian Woronin | Poland | 10.54 | |
| 6 | Kenth Rönn | Sweden | 10.63 | |
| 7 | Stefano Curini | Italy | 10.72 | |
| 8 | Lambert Micha | Belgium | 10.74 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugen Ray | East Germany | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Allan Wells | Great Britain | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 10.58 | |
| 6 | Lambros Kefalas | Greece | 10.60 | |
| 7 | Joseph Arame | France | 10.64 | |
| 8 | Dragan Zarić | Yugoslavia | 10.69 | |
| Wind: -0.8 m/s | ||||
Final
30 August
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.27 | |
 | 6 | Eugen Ray | East Germany | 10.36 | |
 | 1 | Vladimir Ignatenko | Soviet Union | 10.37 | |
| 4 | 4 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 10.41 | |
| 5 | 8 | Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 10.43 | |
| 6 | 3 | Allan Wells | Great Britain | 10.45 | |
| 7 | 2 | Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 10.46 | |
| 8 | 5 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.55 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | |||||
References
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