1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 3 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Giana Romanova Soviet Union
Silver	Natalia Mărăşescu Romania
Bronze	Totka Petrova Bulgaria

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	3:59.01	CR
	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	3:59.77
	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:00.15
4	Valentina Ilyinykh	Soviet Union	4:00.18
5	Grete Waitz	Norway	4:00.55	NR
6	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:01.25
7	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	4:02.20
8	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	4:04.60
9	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:04.73
10	Lyudmila Kalnitskaya	Soviet Union	4:06.6
11	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:09.3
12	Christine Benning	Great Britain	4:11.5

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ulrike Bruns	East Germany	4:11.50	Q
2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:11.5	Q
3	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:11.7	Q
4	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	4:11.8	Q
5	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	4:11.8	Q
6	Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	4:11.9
7	Mary Stewart	Great Britain	4:17.5
8	Tineke Kluft	Netherlands	4:17.7
9	Irén Lipcsei	Hungary	4:20.2
10	Fernande Schmitt	Luxembourg	4:31.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	4:05.76	Q
2	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:06.1	Q
3	Valentina Ilyinykh	Soviet Union	4:06.3	Q
4	Grete Waitz	Norway	4:06.3	Q
5	Lyudmila Kalnitskaya	Soviet Union	4:06.7	Q
6	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:07.2	q
7	Christine Benning	Great Britain	4:11.8	q
8	Magdolna Lázár	Hungary	4:14.4
9	Drahomíra Zvoníčková	Czechoslovakia	4:19.2
10	Véronique Renties	France	4:40.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (1)