1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold Vera Nikolić
 Yugoslavia
Silver Patricia Lowe
 Great Britain
Bronze Rosemary Stirling
 Great Britain

Results[]

Final[]

12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:00.00 NR CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patricia Lowe  Great Britain 2:01.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 2:02.08
4  Poland 2:04.16
5 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:05.14
6 Claire Walsh  Ireland 2:08.57
Hildegard Falck  West Germany DNF
Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany DNF

Semi-finals[]

11 August

Semi-final 1[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:03.7 Q
2  Poland 2:05.3 Q
3 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:05.4 Q
4 Patricia Lowe  Great Britain 2:05.4 Q
5 Magdolna Kulcsár  Hungary 2:06.2
6 Waltraud Pöhland  East Germany 2:06.9
7 Angela Ramello  Italy 2:07.5
8  Denmark 2:07.6

Semi-final 2[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 2:03.1 Q
2 Hildegard Falck  West Germany 2:03.2 Q
3 Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 2:03.3 Q
4 Claire Walsh  Ireland 2:03.4 NR Q
5 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:03.9
6 Sylvia Schenk  West Germany 2:04.6
7 Donata Govoni  Italy 2:05.0
Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union DNS

Heats[]

10 August

Heat 1[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hildegard Falck  West Germany 2:04.96 Q
2 Magdolna Kulcsár  Hungary 2:05.30 Q
3 Waltraud Pöhland  East Germany 2:05.31 Q
4 Angela Ramello  Italy 2:05.70 Q
5 Vasilena Amzina  Bulgaria 2:06.39
6  Great Britain 2:09.46

Heat 2[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:04.81 Q
2 Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 2:06.74 Q
3 Sylvia Schenk  West Germany 2:07.41 Q
4  Poland 2:07.93 Q
5  Denmark 2:09.54
6  Spain 2:12.58

Heat 3[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 2:05.87 Q
2 Claire Walsh  Ireland 2:06.06 Q
3 Patricia Lowe  Great Britain 2:06.37 Q
4  Denmark 2:06.67 Q
5 Elżbieta Skowrońska  Poland 2:06.94

Heat 4[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:04.88 Q
2 Donata Govoni  Italy 2:05.48 Q
3 Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union 2:05.54 Q
4 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:05.57 Q
5 Tonka Petrova  Bulgaria 2:05.91
6 Grete Andersen  Norway 2:07.63

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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