The women's

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

at the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given i ...

was held in

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, then Czechoslovakia, at

Stadion Evžena Rošického Stadion Evžena Rošického, also known simply as Strahov, is a multi-purpose stadium in Strahov, Prague in the Czech Republic. It hosted the 1978 European Athletics Championships and for many years this was the venue for main annual internatio ...

on 31 August and 1 September 1978.

Medalists

Results

Final

1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semi-final 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s

Heat 4

Wind: 0.5 m/s

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (3) * (2)

References

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200 metres at the European Athletics Championships 1978 in women's athletics