1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Elfgard Schittenhelm
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Ingrid Mickler
  West Germany
Silver Karin Balzer
Renate Stecher
Petra Vogt
Ellen Stropahl
  East Germany
Bronze Lyudmila Zharkova
Galina Bukharina
Marina Sidorova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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15 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    West Germany Elfgard Schittenhelm
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Ingrid Mickler
43.28 AR
    East Germany Karin Balzer
Renate Stecher
Petra Vogt
Ellen Stropahl
43.62
    Soviet Union Lyudmila Zharkova
Galina Bukharina
Marina Sidorova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
44.45
4   Poland Danuta Jędrejek
Barbara Bakulin
Urszula Jóźwik
Helena Fliśnik
44.75
5   Hungary Ilona Bruzsenyák
Margit Nemesházi
Györgyi Balogh
Katalin Papp
44.78
6   Great Britain Val Peat
Margaret Critchley
Madeleine Cobb
Elizabeth Johns
44.87
7   France Gabrielle Meyer
Michèle Beugnet
Nicole Pani
Odette Ducas
45.50
8   Sweden Anneli Olsson
Gun Olsson
Karin Lundgren
Elisabeth Randerz
46.12

Heats

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14 August

Heat 1

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   West Germany Elfgard Schittenhelm
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Ingrid Mickler
44.37 Q
2   Soviet Union Lyudmila Zharkova
Galina Bukharina
Marina Sidorova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
44.62 Q
3   Poland Danuta Jędrejek
Barbara Bakulin
Urszula Jóźwik
Helena Fliśnik
44.75 Q
4   Sweden Anneli Olsson
Gun Olsson
Karin Lundgren
Elisabeth Randerz
45.30 NR Q
5   Italy Maddalena Grassano
Alessandra Orselli
Laura Nappi
Cecilia Molinari
45.71

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1   East Germany Karin Balzer
Renate Stecher
Petra Vogt
Ellen Stropahl
44.13 Q
2   Hungary Ilona Bruzsenyák
Margit Nemesházi
Györgyi Balogh
Katalin Papp
44.87 Q
3   Great Britain Val Peat
Margaret Critchley
Madeleine Cobb
Elizabeth Johns
45.09 Q
4   France Gabrielle Meyer
Michèle Beugnet
Nicole Pani
Odette Ducas
45.63 Q
5   Austria Karoline Käfer
Christine Kepplinger
Monika Holzschuster
Helga Kapfer
45.82 NR

Participation

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

References

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