| 10th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 10 – 15 August |
| Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
| Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 38 |
| Participation | 857 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]
Complete results were published. [7]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump | Ilona Gusenbauer  Austria | 1.87 m CR | Cornelia Popescu  Romania | 1.85 m | ||
Barbara Inkpen  Great Britain | 1.85 m | |||||
| Long jump | Ingrid Mickler  West Germany | 6.76 m CR | Meta Antenen  Switzerland | 6.73 m | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 6.66 m |
| Shot put | Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union | 20.16 m | Marita Lange  East Germany | 19.25 m | Margitta Gummel East Germany | 19.22 m |
| Discus throw | Faina Melnik Soviet Union | 64.22 m WR, CR | Liesel Westermann West Germany | 61.68 m | Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union | 59.48 m |
| Javelin throw | Daniela Jaworska  Poland | 61.00 m CR | Ameli Koloska West Germany | 59.40 m | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | 59.16 m |
| Pentathlon | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 4675 pts | Burglinde Pollak East Germany | 4638 pts | Margrit Herbst East Germany | 4570 pts |
* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN)* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 | |
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]
Austria (16) Belgium (16)
Bulgaria (12) Czechoslovakia (32)
Denmark (14) East Germany (68) Finland (48) France (67)
Gibraltar (1)
Greece (4) Hungary (42)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (9) Italy (47)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (30) Poland (65)
Portugal (5) Romania (18) Soviet Union (84)
Spain (16) Sweden (43) Switzerland (20)
Turkey (9) Great Britain (65) West Germany (88) Yugoslavia (27)
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