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1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
 East Germany
Silver Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
 West Germany
Bronze Raisa Nikanorova
Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Chistyakova
 Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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15 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
3:29.28 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
3:33.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union Raisa Nikanorova
Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Chistyakova
3:34.11
4  Great Britain Verona Bernard
Jannette Roscoe
Patricia Lowe
Rosemary Stirling
3:34.52
5  Poland Bożena Zientarska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
Danuta Piecyk
Krystyna Hryniewicka
3:35.28 NR
6  Sweden Eva-Charlotte Malmström
Ann Larsson
Elisabeth Randerz
Karin Lundgren
3:37.09
7  Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Ruth Lindfors
Marika Eklund
3:37.21 NR
 France Monique Noirot
Nicole Duclos
Bernadette Martin
Colette Besson
DNF

Heats

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14 August

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
3:34.7 Q
2  Great Britain Verona Bernard
Jannette Roscoe
Patricia Lowe
Rosemary Stirling
3:35.0 Q
3  Soviet Union Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Raisa Nikanorova
Natalya Chistyakova
3:35.6 Q
4  Sweden Eva-Charlotte Malmström
Ann Larsson
Elisabeth Randerz
Karin Lundgren
3:37.2 Q
5  Austria Gerlinde Massing
Karoline Käfer
Sonja Termoth
Maria Sykora
3:40.8 NR

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
3:34.2 Q
2  France Monique Noirot
Nicole Duclos
Bernadette Martin
Colette Besson
3:35.6 Q
3  Poland Bożena Zientarska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
Danuta Piecyk
Krystyna Hryniewicka
3:37.5 Q
4  Finland Mona-Lisa Strandvall
Riitta Salin
Ruth Lindfors
Marika Eklund
3:41.2 Q
5  Bulgaria Ivanka Venkova
Stefka Yordanova
Tonka Petrova
Svetla Zlateva
3:43.3

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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