1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 200 m relay		women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
4 × 800 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vera Popkova   Soviet Union	Inge Bödding   West Germany	Maria Sykora   Austria

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Inge Bödding	West Germany	55.5	Q
2	1	Elisabeth Randerz	Sweden	55.5	Q
3	1	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	56.0
4	1	Francine van Assche	Belgium	57.5
1	2	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	56.5	Q
2	2	Uschi Meyer	Switzerland	56.6	Q, NR
3	2	Éliane Jacq	France	58.0
1	3	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	54.7	Q
2	3	Maria Sykora	Austria	55.3	Q, NR
3	3	Stefka Yordanova	Bulgaria	55.6
1	4	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	54.1	Q
2	4	Gisela Ahlemeyer	West Germany	55.5	Q
3	4	Chantal Leclerc	France	55.5
4	4	Lyubov Finogenova	Soviet Union	55.8

Semifinals

Held on 13 March

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	54.5	Q
2	1	Inge Bödding	West Germany	54.8	Q
3	1	Uschi Meyer	Switzerland	55.5	NR
4	1	Gisela Ahlemeyer	West Germany	56.3
1	2	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	54.8	Q
2	2	Maria Sykora	Austria	55.2	Q, NR
3	2	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	56.0
4	2	Elisabeth Randerz	Sweden	57.3

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	53.7
	Inge Bödding	West Germany	54.3
	Maria Sykora	Austria	54.4	NR
4	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	54.6

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 441)