Praha European Championships
Stadion Evžena Rošického, Praha (TCH)
29 AUG–03 SEP 1978
GL
Men's Marathon
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leonid MOSEYEV | 21 OCT 1952 | URS | 2:11:58 |
| 2. | Nikolay PENZIN | 20 SEP 1950 | URS | 2:11:59 |
| 3. | Karel LISMONT | 08 MAR 1949 | BEL | 2:12:08 |
| 4. | Waldemar CIERPINSKI | 03 AUG 1950 | GDR | 2:12:20 |
| 5. | Catalin ANDREICA | 31 JAN 1947 | ROU | 2:12:30 |
| 6. | Massimo MAGNANI | 04 OCT 1951 | ITA | 2:12:46 |
| 7. | Hans-Joachim TRUPPEL | 24 MAR 1951 | GDR | 2:12:55 |
| 8. | Jürgen EBERDING | 03 DEC 1955 | GDR | 2:13:40 |
| 9. | Dave CANNON | 07 AUG 1950 | GBR | 2:14:32 |
| 10. | Mihail KOUSIS | 10 OCT 1953 | GRE | 2:14:42 |
| 11. | Satymkul DZHUMANAZAROV | 17 SEP 1951 | URS | 2:14:44 |
| 12. | Göran BENGTSSON | 25 NOV 1949 | SWE | 2:15:02 |
| 13. | Anthony SIMMONS | 06 OCT 1948 | GBR | 2:15:32 |
| 14. | Ferenc SZEKERES | 21 MAR 1947 | HUN | 2:15:45 |
| 15. | Ryszard MARCZAK | 25 NOV 1945 | POL | 2:15:48 |
| 16. | Michelangelo ARENA | 02 SEP 1953 | ITA | 2:16:10 |
| 17. | Vlastimil ZWIEFELHOFER | 20 NOV 1952 | TCH | 2:16:38 |
| 18. | Henri SCHOOFS | 06 OCT 1950 | BEL | 2:16:50 |
| 19. | Josef JÁNSKÝ | 24 NOV 1940 | TCH | 2:16:53 |
| 20. | Reinhard LEIBOLD | 21 MAY 1947 | FRG | 2:16:57 |
| 21. | Jean-Marie ANCION | 03 MAR 1952 | BEL | 2:17:25 |
| 22. | Ko VAN DER WEYDEN | 06 JUL 1945 | NED | 2:17:33 |
| 23. | Bernard BOBES | 07 FEB 1952 | FRA | 2:17:48 |
| 24. | Aarno RISTIMÄKI | 03 APR 1945 | FIN | 2:18:18 |
| 25. | Colin TAYLOR | 15 OCT 1949 | GBR | 2:18:45 |
| 26. | Antonio ROMERO | 12 JUL 1951 | ESP | 2:19:27 |
| 27. | Pat HOOPER | 12 MAY 1952 | IRL | 2:20:29 |
| 28. | Manuel PAIVA | 17 APR 1955 | POR | 2:20:50 |
| 29. | Richard HOOPER | 26 AUG 1956 | IRL | 2:21:01 |
| 30. | Cor VRIEND | 08 NOV 1949 | NED | 2:21:26 |
| 31. | Henry OLSEN | 09 APR 1945 | NOR | 2:21:36 |
| 32. | Sadik SALMAN | 1957 | TUR | 2:22:48 |
| 33. | Jørn LAUENBORG | 14 SEP 1944 | DEN | 2:23:15 |
| 34. | Roelof VELD | 23 SEP 1944 | NED | 2:23:39 |
| 35. | András FANCSALI | 03 NOV 1949 | HUN | 2:23:40 |
| 36. | Veli BALLI | 10 DEC 1949 | TUR | 2:25:57 |
| 37. | Kyriákos LAZARÍDIS | 15 JUL 1954 | GRE | 2:32:17 |
| Aniceto SIMOES | 08 SEP 1945 | POR | DNF | |
| Lars ENQVIST | 11 MAY 1945 | SWE | DNF | |
| Jorgen HEIN | 03 FEB 1951 | DEN | DNF | |
| Jochen SCHIRMER | 05 AUG 1951 | FRG | DNF | |
| Miroslav KRSEK | 24 AUG 1949 | TCH | DNF | |
| Paolo ACCAPUTO | 20 JUL 1944 | ITA | DNF | |
| Fernand KOLBECK | 11 OCT 1944 | FRA | DNF | |
| Hakan SPIK | 18 AUG 1951 | FIN | DNF | |
| Øyvind DAHL | 12 MAY 1951 | NOR | DNF | |
| Bjarne BRONDUM | 11 JAN 1943 | DEN | DNF | |
| Ryszard KOPIJASZ | 08 FEB 1952 | POL | DNF | |
| Jan FJØRESTAD | 28 FEB 1954 | NOR | DNF |