1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt  East Germany
Silver	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding  West Germany
Bronze	Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova  Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

15 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	3:29.28	WR
	West Germany	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding	3:33.04
	Soviet Union	Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova	3:34.11
4	Great Britain	Verona Bernard Jannette Roscoe Patricia Lowe Rosemary Stirling	3:34.52
5	Poland	Bożena Zientarska Elżbieta Skowrońska Danuta Piecyk Krystyna Hryniewicka	3:35.28	NR
6	Sweden	Eva-Charlotte Malmström Ann Larsson Elisabeth Randerz Karin Lundgren	3:37.09
7	Finland	Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Marika Eklund	3:37.21	NR
	France	Monique Noirot Nicole Duclos Bernadette Martin Colette Besson	DNF

Heats[]

14 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding	3:34.7	Q
2	Great Britain	Verona Bernard Jannette Roscoe Patricia Lowe Rosemary Stirling	3:35.0	Q
3	Soviet Union	Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova	3:35.6	Q
4	Sweden	Eva-Charlotte Malmström Ann Larsson Elisabeth Randerz Karin Lundgren	3:37.2	Q
5	Austria	Gerlinde Massing Karoline Käfer Maria Sykora	3:40.8	NR

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	3:34.2	Q
2	France	Monique Noirot Nicole Duclos Bernadette Martin Colette Besson	3:35.6	Q
3	Poland	Bożena Zientarska Elżbieta Skowrońska Danuta Piecyk Krystyna Hryniewicka	3:37.5	Q
4	Finland	Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Marika Eklund	3:41.2	Q
5	Bulgaria	Ivanka Venkova Stefka Yordanova Tonka Petrova Svetla Zlateva	3:43.3

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References[]