1978_European_Athletics_Championships_–_Men's_marathon
The men's marathon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 3 September 1978.[1]
| Gold | Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union |
| Silver | Nikolay Penzin Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Karel Lismont Belgium |
Final
3 September
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leonid Moseyev | Soviet Union | 2:11:57.5 | CR |
 | Nikolay Penzin | Soviet Union | 2:11:59.0 | |
 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 2:12:07.7 | |
| 4 | Waldemar Cierpinski |  East Germany | 2:12:20.0 | |
| 5 | Cătălin Andreica |  Romania | 2:12:29.4 | NR |
| 6 | Massimo Magnani |  Italy | 2:12:45.3 | |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Truppel | East Germany | 2:12:54.3 | |
| 8 | Jürgen Eberding | East Germany | 2:13:39.7 | |
| 9 | Dave Cannon |  Great Britain | 2:14:31.7 | |
| 10 | Mihaíl Koúsis |  Greece | 2:14:41.3 | |
| 11 | Satymkul Dzhumanazarov | Soviet Union | 2:14:43.3 | |
| 12 | Göran Bengtsson |  Sweden | 2:15:01.9 | |
| 13 | Tony Simmons | Great Britain | 2:15:31.5 | |
| 14 | Ferenc Szekeres |  Hungary | 2:15:45.0 | |
| 15 | Ryszard Marczak |  Poland | 2:15:47.8 | |
| 16 | Michelangelo Arena | Italy | 2:16:09.2 | |
| 17 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer |  Czechoslovakia | 2:16:37.6 | |
| 18 | Henri Schoofs | Belgium | 2:16:49.5 | |
| 19 | Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 2:16:53.0 | |
| 20 | Reinhard Leibold |  West Germany | 2:16:56.3 | |
| 21 | Jean-Marie Ancion | Belgium | 2:17:24.5 | |
| 22 | Ko van den Weyden |  Netherlands | 2:17:32.8 | |
| 23 | Bernard Bobes |  France | 2:17:48.0 | |
| 24 | Aarno Ristimäki |  Finland | 2:18:17.8 | |
| 25 | Colin Taylor | Great Britain | 2:18:44.5 | |
| 26 | Antonio Romero |  Spain | 2:19:26.4 | |
| 27 | Patrick Hooper |  Ireland | 2:20:28.5 | |
| 28 | Manuel Paiva |  Portugal | 2:20:49.4 | |
| 29 | Richard Hooper | Ireland | 2:21:00.2 | |
| 30 | Cor Vriend | Netherlands | 2:21:25.2 | |
| 31 | Henry Olsen |  Norway | 2:21:35.1 | |
| 32 | Sadık Salman |  Turkey | 2:22:47.4 | |
| 33 | Jørn Lauenborg |  Denmark | 2:23:14.8 | |
| 34 | Roelof Veld | Netherlands | 2:23:38.3 | |
| 35 | András Fancsali | Hungary | 2:23:39.7 | |
| 36 | Veli Ballı | Turkey | 2:25:56.2 | |
| 37 | Kyriakos Lazaridis | Greece | 2:32:16.9 | |
| Paolo Accaputo | Italy | DNF | ||
| Jörgen Hein | Denmark | DNF | ||
| Lars Enqvist | Sweden | DNF | ||
| Jan Fjærestad | Norway | DNF | ||
| Bjarne Brøndum | Denmark | DNF | ||
| Miroslav Krsek | Czechoslovakia | DNF | ||
| Ryszard Kopijasz | Poland | DNF | ||
| Håkan Spik | Finland | DNF | ||
| Aniceto Simões | Portugal | DNF | ||
| Fernand Kolbeck | France | DNF | ||
| Øyvind Dahl | Norway | DNF | ||
| Jochen Schirmer | West Germany | DNF |
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According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (3)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (3)
East Germany (3)
Finland (2)
France (2)
Greece (2)
Hungary (2)
Ireland (2)
Italy (3)
Netherlands (3)
Norway (3)
Poland (2)
Portugal (2)
Romania (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Spain (1)
Sweden (2)
Turkey (2)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (2)
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014