 He won the gold medal at the World Student Games at Sofia and again produced many long-jumps over 8 m, winning the Yugoslaw Championships with a leap of 8.14 m. Stekic was chosen to represent the Europe at the first World Cup held in Düsseldorf, but there he again showed inconsistency when reached modest 7.79 m to place him 4th.Stekic topped the World for the third time in previous four years in 1978 when recorded the long-jump of 8.32 m on 16 September at Rovereto.If he produced it one week earlier, he would be a European Champion, but in the long-jump final at the continental Champs in Prague, Stekic managed to jump 8.12 m to earn him another silver medal, 6 cm behind the gold medalist, Jaques Rousseau (France).