1971 European Athletics Championships

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10th European Athletics Championships
1971helsinki.jpg
The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Dates10 – 15 August
Host city Helsinki, Finland
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events38
Participation857 athletes from
29 nations

The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Men's results

Finnish Postage stamp 0,30 mark track and field European Championship stamp of Helsinki 1971.jpg
Finnish Postage stamp

Complete results were published. [7]

Track

1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
10.26 CR Gerhard Wucherer
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
10.48 Vasilis Papageorgopoulos
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
10.56
200 metres
details
Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
20.30 CR Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.71 Jörg Pfeifer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.72
400 metres
details
David Jenkins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
45.45 CR Marcello Fiasconaro
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
45.49 Jan Werner
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
45.56
800 metres
details
Yevhen Arzhanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1:45.6 CR Dieter Fromm
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:46.0 Andy Carter
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:46.2
1500 metres
details
Francesco Arese
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3:38.4 CR Henryk Szordykowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
3:38.7 Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:39.2
5000 metres
details
Juha Väätäinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
13:32.6 CR Jean Wadoux
Flag of France.svg  France
13:33.6 Harald Norpoth
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
13:33.8
10,000 metres
details
Juha Väätäinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
27:52.8 CR Jürgen Haase
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
27:53.4 Rashid Sharafetdinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
27:56.4
Marathon
details
Karel Lismont
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2:13:09 CR Trevor Wright
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:13:59 Ron Hill
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:14:34
20 kilometres walk
details
Nikolay Smaga
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1:27:20 CR Gerhard Sperling
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:27:29 Paul Nihill
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:27:34
50 kilometres walk
details
Veniamin Soldatenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4:02:22 CR Christoph Höhne
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:04:45 Peter Selzer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:06:11
110 metres hurdles
details
Frank Siebeck
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
14.00 Alan Pascoe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
14.09 Lubomír Nádeníček
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
14.30
400 metres hurdles
details
Jean-Claude Nallet
Flag of France.svg  France
49.2 =CR Christian Rudolph
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
49.3 Dmitriy Stukalov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
50.0
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Jean-Paul Villain
Flag of France.svg  France
8:25.2 Dušan Moravčík
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
8:26.2 Pavel Sysoyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
8:26.4
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Ladislav Kříž
Juraj Demeč
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
39.3 Gerard Gramse
Tadeusz Cuch
Zenon Nowosz
Marian Dudziak
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
39.7 Vincenzo Guerini
Pietro Mennea
Pasqualino Abeti
Ennio Preatoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
39.8
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Thomas Jordan
Martin Jellinghaus
Hermann Köhler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
3:02.9 Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
Waldemar Korycki
Jan Werner
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
3:03.6 Lorenzo Cellerino
Giacomo Puosi
Sergio Bello
Marcello Fiasconaro
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
3:04.6

Field

1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Kęstutis Šapka
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2.20 m Csaba Dosa
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
2.20 m Rustam Akhmetov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2.20 m
Pole vault
details
Wolfgang Nordwig
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
5.35 m CR Kjell Isaksson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5.30 m Renato Dionisi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5.30 m
Long jump
details
Max Klauß
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
7.92 m Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
7.91 m Stanisław Szudrowicz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
7.87 m
Triple jump
details
Jörg Drehmel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
17.16 m w Viktor Saneyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
17.10 m w Carol Corbu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
16.87 m
Shot put
details
Hartmut Briesenick
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
21.08 m CR Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.47 m Władysław Komar
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
20.04 m
Discus throw
details
Ludvík Daněk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
63.90 m CR Lothar Milde
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
61.62 m Géza Fejér
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
61.54 m
Hammer throw
details
Uwe Beyer
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
72.36 m Reinhard Theimer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
71.80 m Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
71.40 m
Javelin throw
details
Jānis Lūsis
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
90.68 m Jānis Doniņš
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
85.30 m Wolfgang Hanisch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
84.22 m
Decathlon
details
Joachim Kirst
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
8196 pts CR Lennart Hedmark
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8038 pts Hans-Joachim Walde
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
7951 pts

Women's results

Track

1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Renate Stecher
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
11.4 =CR Ingrid Mickler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
11.5 Elfgard Schittenhelm
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
11.5
200 metres
details
Renate Stecher
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
22.7 CR Györgyi Balogh
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
23.2 Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
23.3
400 metres
details
Helga Seidler
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
52.1 Inge Bödding
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
52.9 Ingelore Lohse
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
52.9
800 metres
details
Vera Nikolić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
2:00.0 CR Pat Lowe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:01.7 Rosemary Stirling
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:02.1
1500 metres
details
Karin Burneleit
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:09.62 WR, CR, Gunhild Hoffmeister
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:10.3 Ellen Tittel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
4:10.4
100 metres hurdles
details
Karin Balzer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
12.94 CR Annelie Ehrhardt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13.0 Teresa Sukniewicz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13.2
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Elfgard Schittenhelm
Inge Helten
Annegret Irrgang
Ingrid Mickler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
43.3 CR Karin Balzer
Renate Stecher
Petra Vogt
Ellen Stropahl
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
43.6 Lyudmila Zharkova
Galina Bukharina
Marina Sidorova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
44.5
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
3:29.3 CR Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
3:33.0 Raissa Nikaronova
Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Chistyakova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
3:34.1

Field

1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Ilona Gusenbauer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1.87 m CR Cornelia Popescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
1.85 m
Barbara Inkpen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1.85 m
Long jump
details
Ingrid Mickler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
6.76 m CR Meta Antenen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
6.73 m Heide Rosendahl
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
6.66 m
Shot put
details
Nadezhda Chizhova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
20.16 m Marita Lange
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
19.25 m Margitta Gummel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
19.22 m
Discus throw
details
Faina Melnik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
64.22 m WR, CR Liesel Westermann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
61.68 m Lyudmila Muravyova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
59.48 m
Javelin throw
details
Daniela Jaworska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
61.00 m CR Ameli Koloska
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
59.40 m Ruth Fuchs
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
59.16 m
Pentathlon
details
Heide Rosendahl
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
4675 pts Burglinde Pollak
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4638 pts Margrit Herbst
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4570 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1213732
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)93820
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)57517
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)2114
5Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2103
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)*2002
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)14510
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1359
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1135
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)1001
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)1001
13Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)0213
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0202
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0112
16Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0101
17Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)0011
Totals (17 entries)383937114

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 871 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, fourteen athletes more than the official number of 857 as published. [8]

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