1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Dates10, 11, and 12 August 1971
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Winning time52.14 s NR
Medalists
gold medal Helga Seidler   East Germany
silver medal Inge Bödding   West Germany
bronze medal Ingelore Lohse   East Germany
1971 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helga Seidler  East Germany 52.14 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Inge Bödding  West Germany 52.90
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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