In the 1974 season he was usurped at the national championships by Vlk, but managed to win the third medal of his career at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 1974 European Athletics Championships, taking seventh place in what was his highest ever finish at that tournament. A national title double in 1976 preceded his second Olympic appearance at the 1976 Montreal Games, at which he ranked eleventh in the final. He had his last three major international outings at the end of the 1970s, taking sixth at the 1978 and 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships, as well as eighth at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.