1978 European Championships in Athletics
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The logo of the 1978 European Athletics Championships
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| Host city | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Date(s) | 29 August – 3 September 1978 |
| Main stadium | Stadion Evžena Rošického |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation | 1004 athletes from 29 nations |
| Events | 40 |
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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 in the Glasgow Herald.
There were a number of disqualifications because of infringements of IAAF doping rules resulting in ineligibility of 18 month concerning shot putter Yevgeniy Mironov, javelin thrower Vasiliy Yershov, pentathletes Nadezhda Tkachenko and Yekaterina Gordiyenko, all competing for the Soviet Union, as well as shot putter Elena Stoyanova from Bulgaria.
Complete results were published.
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†: In shot put, Yevgeniy Mironov from the Soviet Union ranked initially 2nd (20.87m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
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