1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Evelin Jahl East Germany
Silver	Margitta Droese East Germany
Bronze	Natalya Gorbachova Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Evelin Jahl	East Germany	66.98
	Margitta Droese	East Germany	64.04
	Natalya Gorbachova	Soviet Union	63.58
4	Sabine Engel	East Germany	63.46
5	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	62.30
6	Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	61.94
7	Lyudmila Isayeva	Soviet Union	61.56
8	Jitka Prouzová	Czechoslovakia	59.90
9	Argentina Menis	Romania	58.36
10	Agnes Herczeg	Hungary	57.94
11	Rita Pfister	Switzerland	53.78
12	Ingra Manecke	West Germany	52.92
13	Meg Ritchie	United Kingdom	52.64
14	Marcela Pilařová	Czechoslovakia	50.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)

• Hungary (1)
• Romania (1)

• Soviet Union (3)
• Switzerland (1)

• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (1)