1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Rank Nation Competitors Time
1 West Germany Martin Weppler Franz-Peter Hofmeister Bernd Herrmann Harald Schmid 3:02.03
2 Poland Jerzy Włodarczyk Zbigniew Jaremski Cezary Łapiński Ryszard Podlas 3:03.62
3 Czechoslovakia Josef Lomický František Břečka Miroslav Tulis Karel Kolář 3:03.99
4 Switzerland Rolf Strittmatter Peter Haas Konstantin Vogt Rolf Gisler 3:04.29
5 East Germany Frank Richter Günther Arnold Andreas Busse Jürgen Pfennig 3:04.39
6 France Maurice Volmar Gérard Bouttier Hector Llatser Francis Demarthon 3:05.63
7 Italy Roberto Tozzi Daniele Zanini Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea 3:06.7
8 Yugoslavia Rok Kopitar Dragan Životić Milovan Savić Željko Knapić 3:06.9
Results -- Final
3 September
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.