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In 1978, the foremost international competitions in the sport of athletics were the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 1978 European Athletics Championships.[1][2] High-profile athletics competitions were also held at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games and the 1978 Asian Games.[3][4][5]
Among the most prominent athletes that year was Kenya's Henry Rono who, in the space of 81 days, broke four world records: the 10,000 m (27:22.5), the 5000 m (13:08.4), the 3000 m steeplechase (8:05.4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1).[6][7] In the course of the season East German Marita Koch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and breaking the 400 m three times, concluding the run with a time of 48.94 to win the European title.[8]
Event | Performance | Athlete | Nation | Meeting | Place | Date |
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3000 m | 7:32.1 | Henry Rono | ![]() |
Oslo | 1978-06-27 | |
5000 m | 13:08.4 | Henry Rono | ![]() |
Berkeley | 1978-04-08 | |
10,000 m | 27:22.47 | Henry Rono | ![]() |
Vienna | 1978-06-11 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:05.4 | Henry Rono | ![]() |
Seattle | 1978-05-13 | |
High jump | 2.34 | Vladimir Yashchenko | ![]() |
Tbilisi | 1978-06-16 | |
Pole vault | 5.71 | Mike Tully | ![]() |
Corvallis | 1978-05-19 | |
Discus throw | 71.16 | Wolfgang Schmidt | ![]() |
Berlin | 1978-08-09 | |
Hammer throw | 80.32 | Karl-Hans Riehm | ![]() |
Heidenheim | 1978-08-06 | |
80.14 | Boris Zaitchouk | ![]() |
Moscow | 1978-07-09 |
Event | Performance | Athlete | Nation | Meeting | Place | Date |
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200 m | 22.06 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
Erfurt | 1978-05-28 | |
400 m | 48.94 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-31 |
49.03 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
Potsdam | 1978-08-19 | ||
49.19 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
Leipzig | 1978-07-02 | ||
100 m hurdles | 12.48 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | ![]() |
Fürth | 1978-06-10 | |
400 m hurdles | 54.89 | Tatyana Zelentsova | ![]() |
1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-09-02 |
4 × 100 metres relay | 42.27 | Johanna Klier Monika Hamann Carla Bodendorf Marlies Göhr |
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Potsdam | 1978-08-19 | |
High jump | 2.01 | Sara Simeoni | ![]() |
Brescia | 1978-08-04 | |
2.01 | Sara Simeoni | ![]() |
1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-31 | |
Long jump | 7.09 | Vilma Bardauskienė | ![]() |
1978 European Athletics Championships | Prague | 1978-08-29 |
7.07 | Vilma Bardauskienė | ![]() |
Kishinyov | 1978-08-18 | ||
Discus throw | 70.72 | Evelin Jahl | ![]() |
Dresden | 1978-08-12 |