| 1978 in athletics | |
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← 1977 1979 → |
In 1978, the foremost international competitions in the sport of athletics were the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 1978 European Athletics Championships.[1][2] High-profile athletics competitions were also held at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games and the 1978 Asian Games.[3][4][5]
Among the most prominent athletes that year was Kenya's Henry Rono who, in the space of 81 days, broke four world records: the 10,000 m (27:22.5), the 5000 m (13:08.4), the 3000 m steeplechase (8:05.4), and the 3000 m (7:32.1).[6][7] In the course of the season East German Marita Koch also broke a world record four times, running 22.06 for the 200 m and breaking the 400 m three times, concluding the run with a time of 48.94 to win the European title.[8]
- ^ IAAF World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ European Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ All-Africa Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Commonwealth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Payne, Bob (November 12, 1978). "Henry Rono: Rival runners know he's world's greatest". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Marshall, Joe (December 3, 1979). "Rono is all revved for Moscow". Sports Illustrated. p. 98.
- ^ Matti Koskimies (1 January 2012). "World Record Progression (Women)". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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