The USSR Indoor Track and Field Championship 1978 was held March 1 - 3 in Moscow at the Spartak winter stadium . Over 3 days, 25 sets of medals were played.
| USSR Indoor Track and Field Championship 1978 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city | Moscow |
| Medals | 25 |
| Opening | March 1, 1978 |
| Closing | March 3, 1978 |
| date | |
| Stadium | Winter stadium "Spartak" |
Two-time champion of the country was Tatyana Anisimova , who won both barrier distances, 60 and 100 meters, with new all-Union achievements (8.23 and 13.28, respectively).
Two victories in the competition were also won by Nikolay Kolesnikov (60 and 100 meters) and Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (60 and 110 meters with barriers). The result of Kolesnikov at a distance of 100 meters (10.45) and Kulebyakin at 110 meters with barriers (13.74) became the new records of the country.
The highest world achievement in walking 10,000 meters was set by Evgeny Evsyukov - 40.24.0.
Nadezhda Marinenko became the first Soviet high jumper to take 1.90 m in indoor competitions.
In the 2000 meters hurdle race, Vladimir Filonov (5.28.0) set a new national record, ahead of silver medalist Sergei Skripka by just 0.2 seconds.
19-year-old Vladimir Yashchenko became the silver medalist in the high jump with a score of 2.26 m, losing to Alexander Grigoryev only in the attempts made. And in less than two weeks he won the European Indoor Championship with the best result in world history - 2.35 m.
The USSR indoor all-around championship was held separately on March 2β4, 1978 in Kharkov .
Team Championship
| A place | Team |
|---|---|
 |  RSFSR |
 | Moscow |
| Ukrainian SSR |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 60 m | Nikolay Kolesnikov Leningrad | 6.71 | Alexander Aksinin Leningrad | 6.78 | Vladimir Ignatenko Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 6.79 |
| 100 m | Nikolay Kolesnikov Leningrad | 10.45 | Vladimir Ignatenko Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 10.47 | Alexander Aksinin Leningrad | 10.63 |
| 400 m | Nikolay Chernetskiy Moscow | 48.0 | Pavel Solopov RSFSR Moscow Region | 48.7 | Vasily Arkhipenko Ukrainian SSR Donetsk | 49.3 |
| 800 m | Anatoly Reshetnyak Ukrainian SSR Simferopol | 1.50.6 | Vladimir Ponomarev RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 1.50.8 | Mikhail Starovoitov Belorussian SSR Mogilev | 1.51.1 |
| 1,500 m | Anatoly Mamontov Moldavian SSR Chisinau | 3.42.9 | Vladimir Ponomarev RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 3.44.6 | Nikolai Kirov Belarusian SSR Gomel | 3.47,0 |
| 3000 m | Valery Abramov RSFSR Arkhangelsk | 8.02.6 | Valentin Zotov Belorussian SSR Minsk | 8.02.9 | Alexander Fedotkin Belorussian SSR Brest | 8.03,0 |
| 2000 m with obstacles | Vladimir Filonov RSFSR Moscow Region | 5.28.0 | Sergey Skrypka Georgian SSR Tbilisi | 5.28.2 | Vladimir Isakov RSFSR Ivanovo | 5.28.6 |
| Alexander Velichko Ukrainian SSR Lviv | ||||||
| 60 m with barriers | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin Leningrad | 7.76 | Eduard Pereverzev Moscow | 7.77 | Yuri Chervanev Belorussian SSR Minsk | 7.83 |
| 110 m with barriers | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin Leningrad | 13.74 | Andrey Korostelev Moscow | 13.82 | Anatoly Smirnov Moscow | 13,99 |
| High jump | Alexander Grigoriev Belorussian SSR Minsk | 2.26 m | Vladimir Yashchenko Ukrainian SSR Zaporozhye | 2.26 m | Sergey Senyukov Ukrainian SSR Chernivtsi | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault | Eugene Tananika Ukrainian SSR Kharkov | 5.45 m | Vladimir Trofimenko Leningrad | 5.40 m | Alexander Dolgov RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 5.35 m |
| Long jump | Vladimir Tsepelev Azerbaijan SSR Baku | 7.97 m | Vladimir Kharitonov Azerbaijan SSR Baku | 7.81 m | Alexey Pereverzev Moscow | 7.70 m |
| Triple jump | Anatoly Piskulin Leningrad | 16.81 m | Alexander Yakovlev Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 16.72 m | Gennady Valyukevich Belorussian SSR Minsk | 16.52 m |
| Shot put | Alexander Baryshnikov Leningrad | 20.43 m | Vladimir Kiselev Ukrainian SSR Kremenchug | 19.42 m | Valery Voikin Leningrad | 19.26 m |
| 10,000 meters walking | Evgeny Evsyukov RSFSR Sochi | 40.24.0 | Anatoly Solomin Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 40.28.6 | Nikolay Matveev Belorussian SSR Grodno | 40.45.4 |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 60 m | Lyudmila Storozhkova Moscow | 7.24 | Vera Anisimova Moscow | 7.30 | Lyudmila Kondratieva RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 7.39 |
| 100 m | Lyudmila Kondratieva RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 11.71 | Zoya Voitenko Ukrainian SSR Dnepropetrovsk | 11.99 | Ganna Ustinovich Belorussian SSR Grodno | 12.10 |
| 400 m | Marina Sidorova Leningrad | 53.0 | Maria Kulchunova Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 54.3 | Lyudmila Aksyonova Ukrainian SSR Kiev | 54.7 |
| 800 m | Tatyana Providokhina Leningrad | 2.03.5 | Lyudmila Veselkova Leningrad | 2.05.7 | Nadezhda Mushta RSFSR Bryansk | 2.05.7 |
| 1,500 m | Zoe Rigel RSFSR Vladivostok | 4.23.1 | Lyubov Kopeikina RSFSR Krasnodar | 4.24.3 | Lyubov Ivanova Moldavian SSR Chisinau | 4.25.8 |
| 60 m with barriers | Tatyana Anisimova Leningrad | 8.23 | Irina Litovchenko Moscow | 8.29 | Nina Morgulina RSFSR Krasnodar | 8.44 |
| 100 m with barriers | Tatyana Anisimova Leningrad | 13.28 | Irina Litovchenko Moscow | 13.35 | Nina Morgulina RSFSR Krasnodar | 13.51 |
| High jump | Nadezhda Marinenko Belarusian SSR Gomel | 1.90 m | Lyudmila Butuzova Kazakh SSR Karaganda | 1.86 m | Larisa Klimentenok Belorussian SSR Minsk | 1.82 m |
| Long jump | Wilhelmina Bardauskene Lithuanian SSR Vilnius | 6.47 m | Irina Timofeeva RSFSR Kuibyshev | 6.38 m | Galina Semenova RSFSR Arkhangelsk | 6.32 m |
| Shot put | Svetlana Krachevskaya Moscow | 19.17 m | Tamara Bufetova Moscow | 19.05 m | Svetlana Melnikova Leningrad | 18.98 m |
USSR All-Around Championship
Champions of the country in all-around decided on March 2-4, 1978 in Kharkov in the new athletics arena KhTZ . The championship for the first time was separate from the main championship. Konstantin Akhapkin and Nadezhda Karjakina set new all-Union records, 5823 points and 4398 points respectively [1] .
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Heptathlon * | Konstantin Akhapkin Moscow | 5823 points (5809) | Alexander Shablenko Moscow | 5787 points (5787) | Vladimir Buryakov RSFSR Rostov-on-Don | 5707 points (5703) |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Pentathlon * | Nadezhda Karjakina Armenian SSR Yerevan | 4398 points (4361) | Zoya Spasovkhodskaya Moscow | 4213 points (4169) | Ekaterina Gordienko Ukrainian SSR Kryvyi Rih | 4195 points (4167) |
* To determine the winner in the all-around competitions, the old points system was used. Recalculation using modern tables for translating results into points is given in parentheses.
See also
- USSR Athletics Championship 1978
- Indoor European Athletics Championship 1978
Notes
- β USSR All-Around Championship // Athletics: Journal. - 1978. - No. 5 . - S. 27 .
Literature
- Athletics. Reference / Compiled by R. V. Orlov . - M .: "Physical Culture and Sports", 1983. - 392 p.
- USSR Winter Championship // Athletics: Journal. - 1978. - No. 5 . - S. 26-27 .
- On the way to Prague // Athletics: magazine. - 1978. - No. 5 . - S. 24-25 .
Links
- Martin Rix Soviet Indoor Championships . GBRAthletics.com. - List of USSR champions on the premises (1964-1992). Date of treatment November 4, 2017. Archived on August 13, 2017.