# 1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (2)

## Results
### Heats

29 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.34 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.41 | Q |
| 3 | Laura Miano | Italy | 11.52 | Q |
| 4 | Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 11.53 | Q |
| 5 | Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | 11.58 | Q |
| 6 | Annie Alizé | France | 11.61 | q |
| 7 | Elvira Possekel | West Germany | 11.82 | |
| 8 | Tilly Verhoef | Netherlands | 12.04 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.23 | Q |
| 2 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.54 | Q |
| 3 | Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 11.61 | Q |
| 4 | Michelle Walsh | Ireland | 11.70 | Q |
| 5 | Véronique Rosset | France | 11.77 | Q |
| 6 | Petra Sharp | West Germany | 11.84 | |
| 7 | Brigitte Haest | Austria | 11.89 | |
| 8 | Ludmila Jimramovská | Czechoslovakia | 11.91 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.24 | Q |
| 2 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.38 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.38 | Q |
| 4 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.52 | Q |
| 5 | Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.65 | Q |
| 6 | Grażyna Molik | Poland | 11.90 | |
| 7 | Ellie Henzen | Netherlands | 12.04 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

30 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.27 | Q |
| 2 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.43 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.51 | Q |
| 4 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.54 | Q |
| 5 | Laura Miano | Italy | 11.71 | |
| 6 | Véronique Rosset | France | 11.80 | |
| 7 | Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.87 | |
| 8 | Annie Alizé | France | 11.87 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.1 m/s | Wind: -1.1 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.42 | Q |
| 2 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.47 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.52 | Q |
| 4 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.59 | Q |
| 5 | Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 11.72 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 11.80 | |
| 7 | Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | 11.82 | |
| 8 | Michelle Walsh | Ireland | 11.95 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s |

### Final

30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.13 | CR |
| | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.29 | |
| | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.31 | |
| 4 | Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.33 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.33 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.38 | |
| 7 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.49 | |
| 8 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.67 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |