The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.
Medalists Gold Zenon NowoszZenon LicznerskiLeszek DuneckiMarian WoroninSilver Manfred KokotEugen RayOlaf PrenzlerAlexander ThiemeBronze Sergey VladimirtsevNikolay KolesnikovAleksandr AksininVladimir Ignatenko
Results Final 3 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Zenon NowoszZenon LicznerskiLeszek DuneckiMarian Woronin 38.58 CR Manfred KokotEugen RayOlaf PrenzlerAlexander Thieme 38.78 Sergey VladimirtsevNikolay KolesnikovAleksandr AksininVladimir Ignatenko 38.82 4 Patrick BarréPascal BarréLucien Sainte-RoseHermann Panzo 38.90 5 Giovanni GrazioliLuciano CaravaniStefano CuriniPietro Mennea 39.11 6 Trevor HoyteAllan WellsCameron SharpSteve Green 39.49 7 Franco FähndrichUrs GislerPeter MusterHansjörg Ziegler 39.56 8 Ronald DesruellesHans van den DaeleDanny RoelandtLambert Micha 39.73
Heats 2 September
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Zenon NowoszZenon LicznerskiLeszek DuneckiMarian Woronin 39.20 Q 2 Giovanni GrazioliLuciano CaravaniStefano CuriniPietro Mennea 39.51 Q 3 Franco FähndrichUrs GislerPeter MusterHansjörg Ziegler 39.87 Q 4 Trevor HoyteAllan WellsCameron SharpSteve Green 40.08 Q 5 Jan ChebenOtakar WildMarián KrálikLuděk Bohman 40.43
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Manfred KokotEugen RayOlaf PrenzlerAlexander Thieme 39.05 Q 2 Sergey VladimirtsevNikolay KolesnikovAleksandr AksininVladimir Ignatenko 39.21 Q 3 Patrick BarréPascal BarréLucien Sainte-RoseHermann Panzo 39.45 Q 4 Ronald DesruellesDanny RoelandtHans van den DaeleLambert Micha 40.16 Q Ivaylo KaranyotovVladimir IvanovVeselin PanovPetar Petrov DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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