1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
# 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Milan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Johanna Klier East Germany | Grażyna Rabsztyn Poland | Silvia Kempin West Germany |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 8.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Silvia Kempin | West Germany | 8.11 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.12 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 8.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.21 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 8.24 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.29 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 8.29 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 8.42 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Ursula Schalück | West Germany | 8.51 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Lyubov Nikitenko | Soviet Union | 8.55 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Patrizia Lombardo | Italy | 8.64 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Ingunn Einarsdóttir | Iceland | 9.03 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.00 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 8.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Silvia Kempin | West Germany | 8.06 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 8.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 8.21 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.22 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 8.32 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ursula Schalück | West Germany | 8.35 | |
| 10 | 2 | Lyubov Nikitenko | Soviet Union | 8.42 | |
| 11 | 1 | Patrizia Lombardo | Italy | 8.54 | |
| | 2 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Johanna Klier | East Germany | 7.94 | CR |
| | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.07 | |
| | Silvia Kempin | West Germany | 8.15 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 8.17 | |
| 5 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.26 | |
| 6 | Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 8.32 | |
