Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | soviet union | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | east germany | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | west germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | great britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | france | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | total | 40 | 41 | 39 | 120 |
Title:
1978 european athletics championships
Statement:
the soviet union has 3 more total medals than east germany
Answer:
supported