1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
| Women's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||
| Dates | 10, 11, and 12 August 1971 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 52.14 s NR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 400 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]
Results
Heats
10 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rita Kühne | East Germany | 53.17 | Q |
| 2 | Colette Besson | France | 53.18 | Q |
| 3 | Anette Rückes | West Germany | 53.56 | Q |
| 4 | Karin Lundgren | Sweden | 53.77 | Q |
| 5 | Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 54.03 | |
| 6 | Mariana Suman | Romania | 54.33 | |
| 7 | Bożena Zientarska | Poland | 55.04 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Seidler | East Germany | 52.70 | Q |
| 2 | Inge Bödding | West Germany | 53.01 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 53.18 | Q |
| 4 | Marianne Burggraaf | Netherlands | 53.57 | Q |
| 5 | Bernadette Martin | France | 53.72 | |
| 6 | Danuta Piecyk | Poland | 54.30 | |
| 7 | Stefka Yordanova | Bulgaria | 55.14 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marika Eklund | Finland | 54.35 | Q |
| 2 | Christel Frese | West Germany | 54.42 | Q |
| 3 | Karoline Käfer | Austria | 54.48 | Q |
| 4 | Elisabeth Randerz | Sweden | 54.50 | Q |
| 5 | Krystyna Hryniewicka | Poland | 54.67 | |
| 6 | Lyubov Aksenova | Soviet Union | 54.91 | |
| 7 | Josefina Salgado | Spain | 56.27 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingelore Lohse | East Germany | 53.34 | Q |
| 2 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 53.49 | Q |
| 3 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall | Finland | 53.69 | Q |
| 4 | Jannette Roscoe | Great Britain | 53.95 | Q |
| 5 | Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Soviet Union | 54.35 | |
| 6 | Eva-Charlotte Malmström | Sweden | 54.65 | |
| 7 | Ingunn Einarsdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.33 |
Semi-finals
11 August
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Seidler | East Germany | 52.77 | Q |
| 2 | Colette Besson | France | 52.88 | Q |
| 3 | Marika Eklund | Finland | 53.11 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 53.16 | Q |
| 5 | Karoline Käfer | Austria | 53.70 | |
| 6 | Marianne Burggraaf | Netherlands | 53.77 | |
| 7 | Karin Lundgren | Sweden | 53.95 | |
| 8 | Anette Rückes | West Germany | 54.36 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingelore Lohse | East Germany | 52.99 | Q |
| 2 | Inge Bödding | West Germany | 53.16 | Q |
| 3 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 53.27 | Q |
| 4 | Rita Kühne | East Germany | 53.75 | Q |
| 5 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall | Finland | 54.03 | |
| 6 | Christel Frese | West Germany | 54.11 | |
| 7 | Jannette Roscoe | Great Britain | 54.59 | |
| 8 | Elisabeth Randerz | Sweden | 54.88 |
Final
12 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helga Seidler | East Germany | 52.14 | NR | |
| Inge Bödding | West Germany | 52.90 | ||
| Ingelore Lohse | East Germany | 52.93 | ||
| 4 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 53.01 | |
| 5 | Natalya Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 53.19 | |
| 6 | Marika Eklund | Finland | 53.35 | |
| 7 | Colette Besson | France | 53.70 | |
| 8 | Rita Kühne | East Germany | 53.91 |
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014