1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Silvia Hollmann West Germany 57.50 Q
2 Karin Roßley East Germany 58.07 Q
3 Hilde Fredriksen Norway 58.12 NJR Q
4 Ingrīda Barkāne Soviet Union 58.29 Q
5 Doina Badescu Romania 59.72
6 Wilma Hillen Netherlands 59.97
7 Kamila Jozefíková Czechoslovakia 60.61
Results -- Heats
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.