# 1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 2 September 1978.

## Medalists

| Gold | Johanna Klier East Germany |
| Silver | Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Gudrun Berend East Germany |

## Results
### Final

2 September Wind: 0.6 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 12.62 |
| | 5 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 12.67 |
| | 1 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 12.73 |
| 4 | 3 | Nina Margulina | Soviet Union | 12.86 |
| 5 | 8 | Lucyna Langer | Poland | 12.98 |
| 6 | 6 | Annerose Fiedler | East Germany | 13.09 |
| 7 | 7 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.17 |
| | 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | DQ |
Note: The final originally took place on 1 September but during its course Grażyna Rabsztyn veered off onto the neighbouring lane and caused Nina Margulina to fall down. Because of this the race was re-run a day later without Grażyna Rabsztyn, with the same athletes taking the medals in exactly the same order.

### Semi-finals

31 August

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 12.60 | CR Q |
| 2 | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 12.90 | Q |
| 3 | Nina Margulina | Soviet Union | 13.00 | Q |
| 4 | Annerose Fiedler | East Germany | 13.07 | Q |
| 5 | Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 13.25 | |
| 6 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 13.36 | |
| 7 | Monika Schönauerová | Czechoslovakia | 13.72 | |
| 8 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 13.90 | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 12.90 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 12.92 | Q |
| 3 | Lucyna Langer | Poland | 13.00 | Q |
| 4 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.14 | Q |
| 5 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 13.44 | |
| 6 | Elisavet Pantazi | Greece | 13.82 | |
| | Sylvia Kempin | East Germany | DNF | |
| | Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | DNS | |

### Heats

31 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 12.94 | Q |
| 2 | Nina Margulina | Soviet Union | 13.04 | Q |
| 3 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 13.26 | Q |
| 4 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 13.48 | Q |
| 5 | Shirley Strong | Great Britain | 13.56 | |
| 6 | Laurence Elloy | France | 14.07 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 12.85 | Q |
| 2 | Lucyna Langer | Poland | 13.13 | Q |
| 3 | Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 13.23 | Q |
| 4 | Sylvia Kempin | East Germany | 13.40 | Q |
| 5 | Laurence Lebeau | France | 13.60 | |
| 6 | Hilde Fredriksen | Norway | 13.63 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.20 | Q |
| 2 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 13.46 | Q |
| 3 | Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 13.52 | Q |
| 4 | Monika Schönauerová | Czechoslovakia | 13.61 | Q |
| 5 | Lena Spoof | Finland | 13.63 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 12.85 | Q |
| 2 | Annerose Fiedler | East Germany | 13.43 | Q |
| 3 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 13.74 | Q |
| 4 | Elisavet Pantazi | Greece | 13.84 | Q |
| 5 | Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | 13.95 | |
| 6 | Hana Chocová | Czechoslovakia | 14.04 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (4)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Great Britain (3)