1971 European Athletics Championships
10th European Athletics Championships | |
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![]() The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships | |
Dates | 10 – 15 August 1971 |
Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 38 |
Participation | 857 athletes from 29 nations |
← 1969 Athens |
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]
Men's results[]
Complete results were published.[7]
Track[]
1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Valeriy Borzov![]() |
10.26 CR | Gerhard Wucherer![]() |
10.48 | Vasilis Papageorgopoulos![]() |
10.56 |
200 metres |
Valeriy Borzov![]() |
20.30 CR | Franz-Peter Hofmeister![]() |
20.71 | Jörg Pfeifer![]() |
20.72 |
400 metres |
David Jenkins![]() |
45.45 CR | Marcello Fiasconaro![]() |
45.49 | Jan Werner![]() |
45.56 |
800 metres |
Yevhen Arzhanov![]() |
1:45.6 CR | Dieter Fromm![]() |
1:46.0 | Andy Carter![]() |
1:46.2 |
1500 metres |
Francesco Arese![]() |
3:38.4 CR | Henryk Szordykowski![]() |
3:38.7 | Brendan Foster![]() |
3:39.2 |
5000 metres |
Juha Väätäinen![]() |
13:32.6 CR | Jean Wadoux![]() |
13:33.6 | Harald Norpoth![]() |
13:33.8 |
10,000 metres |
Juha Väätäinen![]() |
27:52.8 CR | Jürgen Haase![]() |
27:53.4 | Rashid Sharafetdinov![]() |
27:56.4 |
Marathon |
Karel Lismont![]() |
2:13:09 CR | ![]() |
2:13:59 | Ron Hill![]() |
2:14:34 |
20 kilometres walk |
Nikolay Smaga![]() |
1:27:20 CR | Gerhard Sperling![]() |
1:27:29 | Paul Nihill![]() |
1:27:34 |
50 kilometres walk |
Veniamin Soldatenko![]() |
4:02:22 CR | Christoph Höhne![]() |
4:04:45 | Peter Selzer![]() |
4:06:11 |
110 metres hurdles |
Frank Siebeck![]() |
14.00 | Alan Pascoe![]() |
14.09 | Lubomír Nádeníček![]() |
14.30 |
400 metres hurdles |
Jean-Claude Nallet![]() |
49.2 =CR | Christian Rudolph![]() |
49.3 | Dmitriy Stukalov![]() |
50.0 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Jean-Paul Villain![]() |
8:25.2 | Dušan Moravčík![]() |
8:26.2 | ![]() |
8:26.4 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Ladislav Kříž Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman ![]() |
39.3 | Gerard Gramse Tadeusz Cuch Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak ![]() |
39.7 | Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni ![]() |
39.8 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler ![]() |
3:02.9 | Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner ![]() |
3:03.6 | Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro ![]() |
3:04.6 |
Field[]
1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Kęstutis Šapka![]() |
2.20 m | Csaba Dosa![]() |
2.20 m | Rustam Akhmetov![]() |
2.20 m |
Pole vault |
Wolfgang Nordwig![]() |
5.35 m CR | Kjell Isaksson![]() |
5.30 m | Renato Dionisi![]() |
5.30 m |
Long jump |
Max Klauß![]() |
7.92 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan![]() |
7.91 m | ![]() |
7.87 m |
Triple jump |
Jörg Drehmel![]() |
17.16 m w | Viktor Saneyev![]() |
17.10 m w | Carol Corbu![]() |
16.87 m |
Shot put |
Hartmut Briesenick![]() |
21.08 m CR | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg![]() |
20.47 m | Władysław Komar![]() |
20.04 m |
Discus throw |
Ludvík Daněk![]() |
63.90 m CR | Lothar Milde![]() |
61.62 m | Géza Fejér![]() |
61.54 m |
Hammer throw |
Uwe Beyer![]() |
72.36 m | Reinhard Theimer![]() |
71.80 m | Anatoliy Bondarchuk![]() |
71.40 m |
Javelin throw |
Jānis Lūsis![]() |
90.68 m | Jānis Doniņš![]() |
85.30 m | Wolfgang Hanisch![]() |
84.22 m |
Decathlon |
Joachim Kirst![]() |
8196 pts CR | Lennart Hedmark![]() |
8038 pts | Hans-Joachim Walde![]() |
7951 pts |
Women's results[]
Track[]
1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Renate Stecher![]() |
11.4 =CR | Ingrid Mickler![]() |
11.5 | Elfgard Schittenhelm![]() |
11.5 |
200 metres |
Renate Stecher![]() |
22.7 CR | Györgyi Balogh![]() |
23.2 | Irena Szewińska![]() |
23.3 |
400 metres |
Helga Seidler![]() |
52.1 | Inge Bödding![]() |
52.9 | ![]() |
52.9 |
800 metres |
Vera Nikolić![]() |
2:00.0 CR | Pat Lowe![]() |
2:01.7 | Rosemary Stirling![]() |
2:02.1 |
1500 metres |
Karin Burneleit![]() |
4:09.62 WR, CR, | Gunhild Hoffmeister![]() |
4:10.3 | Ellen Tittel![]() |
4:10.4 |
100 metres hurdles |
Karin Balzer![]() |
12.94 CR | Annelie Ehrhardt![]() |
13.0 | Teresa Sukniewicz![]() |
13.2 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Elfgard Schittenhelm Inge Helten Annegret Irrgang Ingrid Mickler ![]() |
43.3 CR | Karin Balzer Renate Stecher Petra Vogt Ellen Stropahl ![]() |
43.6 | Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina Marina Sidorova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya ![]() |
44.5 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt ![]() |
3:29.3 CR | Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding ![]() |
3:33.0 | Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova ![]() |
3:34.1 |
Field[]
1966 |1969 |1971 |1974 |1978
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Ilona Gusenbauer![]() |
1.87 m CR | Cornelia Popescu![]() |
1.85 m | Barbara Inkpen![]() |
1.85 m |
Long jump |
Ingrid Mickler![]() |
6.76 m CR | Meta Antenen![]() |
6.73 m | Heide Rosendahl![]() |
6.66 m |
Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova![]() |
20.16 m | Marita Lange![]() |
19.25 m | Margitta Gummel![]() |
19.22 m |
Discus throw |
Faina Melnik![]() |
64.22 m WR, CR | Liesel Westermann![]() |
61.68 m | Lyudmila Muravyova![]() |
59.48 m |
Javelin throw |
Daniela Jaworska![]() |
61.00 m CR | Ameli Koloska![]() |
59.40 m | Ruth Fuchs![]() |
59.16 m |
Pentathlon |
Heide Rosendahl![]() |
4675 pts | Burglinde Pollak![]() |
4638 pts | Margrit Herbst![]() |
4570 pts |
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 nations) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
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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References[]
- ^ Marshall, Ron (August 9, 1971), Britain's four gold prospects, Glasgow Herald, p. 5, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ Bedford left trailing by flying Finn, Glasgow Herald, August 11, 1971, p. 6, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ Davies finishes fourth in long jump, Glasgow Herald, August 12, 1971, p. 8, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ Four Games medals for Britons, Glasgow Herald, August 13, 1971, p. 6, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ Jenkins wins Britain's first gold medal, Glasgow Herald, August 14, 1971, p. 4, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ Britons take minor marathon medals, Glasgow Herald, August 16, 1971, p. 4, retrieved September 8, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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