1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 50 metres hurdles

The women's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Zofia Bielczyk Poland	Mariya Kemenchezhi Soviet Union	Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mariya Kemenchezhi	Soviet Union	6.83	Q, CR
2	1	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.85	Q
3	1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	6.93	Q
3	1	Xénia Siska	Hungary	6.93	Q
3	2	Sylvia Kempin	East Germany	6.93	Q
6	3	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	6.95	Q
7	3	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	6.96	Q
8	3	Edith Oker	West Germany	6.97	Q
9	3	Laurence Monclar	France	7.02	q
10	1	Michèle Chardonnet	France	7.03	q
11	2	Emilya Kunova	Bulgaria	7.05	Q
12	3	Yvette Wray	Great Britain	7.15	q
13	2	María José Martínez	Spain	7.19
14	1	Helle Sichlau	Denmark	7.29
15	1	Petra Prenner	Austria	7.35
16	2	Lisbeth Nissen Pedersen	Denmark	7.68
	2	Laurence Elloy	France	DNF

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sylvia Kempin	East Germany	6.83	Q, =CR
2	2	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	6.84	Q
3	2	Mariya Kemenchezhi	Soviet Union	6.86	Q
4	1	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	6.89	Q
4	1	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.89	Q
4	2	Xénia Siska	Hungary	6.89	Q
7	1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	6.90
8	1	Michèle Chardonnet	France	6.98
9	2	Laurence Monclar	France	7.01
10	1	Yvette Wray	Great Britain	7.03
11	2	Emilya Kunova	Bulgaria	7.10
	2	Edith Oker	West Germany	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	6.74	=WR, CR
	Mariya Kemenchezhi	Soviet Union	6.80
	Tatyana Anisimova	Soviet Union	6.81
4	Sylvia Kempin	East Germany	6.84
5	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.89
6	Xénia Siska	Hungary	7.02