Italy at the 1978 European Athletics Championships

Italy at the
1978 European Athletics Championships
Italy at the; 1978 European Athletics Championships
	File:Flag of Italy.svg
WA code	ITA
in File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague
Competitors	43
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 5
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
	1934; 1938; 1946; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1969; 1971; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016; 2018; 2022; 2024;

Italy took 43 competitors to the 1978 European Athletics Championships which took place 29 August–3 September 1978 in Prague. Italy took five medals during the championships.^[1]

Medalists

Athlete	100 m	200 m	400 m	800 m	1500 m	5000 m	10,000 m	110 m hs	400 m hs	3000 m st	4×100 m relay	4×400 m relay	Marathon	20 km walk	50 km walk	High jump	Pole vault	Long jump	Triple jump	Shot put	Discus throw	Hammer throw	Javelin throw	Decathlon
Pietro Mennea	File:Gold medal icon.svg	File:Gold medal icon.svg
Venanzio Ortis						File:Gold medal icon.svg	File:Silver medal icon.svg
Giuseppe Buttari								4
Relay team Giovanni Grazioli Luciano Caravani Stefano Curini Pietro Mennea											5
Relay team Roberto Tozzi Daniele Zanini Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea												7
Massimo Magnani													6
Maurizio Damilano														6
Roberto Buccione														8
Vittorio Visini															6
Sandro Bellucci															7
Edoardo Podberscek																						7
Giampaolo Urlando																						8

↑ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in italiano). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.