# 1978 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1978 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Strasbourg, France from January 31 to February 5. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Competition notes

15-year-old Denise Biellmann became the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition. She underrotated it, with two-foot landing. At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo. She was 12th in figures, first in the free skating, and finished fourth overall. Another triple lutz was performed only by Jan Hoffmann.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP |
| 1 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | | |
| 6 | Mario Liebers | East Germany | | |
| 7 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | | |
| 8 | Miroslav Šoška | Czechoslovakia | | |
| 9 | Gerd-Walter Gräbner | West Germany | | |
| 10 | Gilles Beyer | France | | |
| 11 | Grzegorz Głowania | Poland | | |
| 12 | Andrew Bestwick | United Kingdom | | |
| 13 | Thomas Öberg | Sweden | | |
| 14 | Bruno Watschinger | Austria | | |
| 15 | Matjaž Krušec | Yugoslavia | | |
| 16 | Francis Demarteau | Belgium | | |
| 17 | Jan Glerup | Denmark | | |
| WD | Helmut Kristofics-Binder | Austria | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany |
| 2 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany |
| 3 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union |
| 4 | Denise Biellmann | Switzerland |
| 5 | Susanna Driano | Italy |
| 6 | Kristiina Wegelius | Finland |
| 7 | Carola Weißenberg | East Germany |
| 8 | Danielle Rieder | Switzerland |
| 9 | Natalia Strelkova | Soviet Union |
| 10 | Karena Richardson | United Kingdom |
| 11 | Renata Baierová | Czechoslovakia |
| 12 | Karin Riediger | West Germany |
| 13 | Zhanna Ilina | Soviet Union |
| 14 | Garnet Ostermeier | West Germany |
| 15 | Susan Broman | Finland |
| 16 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia |
| 17 | Astrid Jansen in de Wal | Netherlands |
| 18 | Franca Bianconi | Italy |
| 19 | Cecile Antonelli | France |
| 20 | Christina Svensson | Sweden |
| 21 | Helena Chwila | Poland |
| 22 | Patricia Fiorucci | Italy |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union |
| 2 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union |
| 3 | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | East Germany |
| 4 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany |
| 5 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia |
| 6 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany |
| 7 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Soviet Union |
| 8 | Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany |
| 9 | Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau | France |
| 10 | Elżbieta Łuczyńska / Marek Chrolenko | Poland |
| 11 | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl | West Germany |
| 12 | Catherine Brunet / Philippe Brunet | France |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union |
| 2 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov | Soviet Union |
| 3 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay | Hungary |
| 4 | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell | United Kingdom |
| 5 | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich | Czechoslovakia |
| 6 | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | Soviet Union |
| 7 | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni | Italy |
| 9 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | United Kingdom |
| 10 | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann | Switzerland |
| 11 | Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner | West Germany |
| 12 | Halina Gordon / Jacek Tascher | Poland |
| 13 | Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier | France |
| 14 | Elisabetta Parisi / Marco Gobbo | Italy |
| 15 | Elisabeth Luksch / Peter Schubl | Switzerland |
| 16 | Rita Karpat / Istvan Palasthy | Hungary |
| WD | Jolanta Wesołowska / Andrzej Alberciak | Poland |