# 1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union |
| Silver | Marlies Göhr East Germany |
| Bronze | Carla Bodendorf East Germany |

## Results
### Final

1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 22.52 |
| | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 22.53 |
| | Carla Bodendorf | East Germany | 22.64 |
| 4 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 22.76 |
| 5 | Chantal Réga | France | 22.77 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 22.89 |
| 7 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 23.07 |
| 8 | Liliyana Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.23 |

### Semi-finals

31 August

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 22.86 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 22.86 | Q |
| 3 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 22.99 | Q |
| 4 | Liliyana Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.12 | Q |
| 5 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 23.36 | |
| 6 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 23.41 | |
| 7 | Raymonde Naigre | France | 23.89 | |
| 8 | Claudia Steger | West Germany | 24.18 | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 22.83 | Q |
| 2 | Carla Bodendorf | East Germany | 22.92 | Q |
| 3 | Chantal Réga | France | 22.98 | Q |
| 4 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 23.11 | Q |
| 5 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 23.12 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Prorochenko | Soviet Union | 23.30 | |
| 7 | Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 23.37 | |
| 8 | Irén Orosz | Hungary | 23.56 | |

### Heats

31 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Prorochenko | Soviet Union | 23.23 | Q |
| 2 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 23.54 | Q |
| 3 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 23.73 | Q |
| 4 | Claudia Steger | West Germany | 23.96 | Q |
| 5 | Michelle Walsh | Ireland | 23.99 | |
| 6 | Radislava Šoborová | Czechoslovakia | 24.55 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 23.11 | Q |
| 2 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 23.35 | Q |
| 3 | Irén Orosz | Hungary | 23.46 | Q |
| 4 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 23.48 | Q |
| 5 | Dagmar Schenten | West Germany | 23.70 | |
| 6 | Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | 23.84 | |
| 7 | Tilly Verhoef | Netherlands | 24.12 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chantal Réga | France | 23.26 | Q |
| 2 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 23.38 | Q |
| 3 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 23.40 | Q |
| 4 | Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 23.54 | Q |
| 5 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.62 | |
| 6 | Silvia Schinzel | Austria | 24.30 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 22.92 | Q |
| 2 | Liliyana Ivanova | Bulgaria | 22.93 | Q |
| 3 | Carla Bodendorf | East Germany | 23.11 | Q |
| 4 | Raymonde Naigre | France | 23.56 | Q |
| 5 | Jolanta Stalmach | Poland | 23.96 | |
| 6 | Ellie Henzen | Netherlands | 23.97 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (2)