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

Events at the
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

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
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
 East Germany
Silver Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
 West Germany
Bronze Raisa Nikanorova
Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Chistyakova
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

15 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  East Germany Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
3:29.28 WR
2nd  West Germany Anette Rückes
Christel Frese
Hildegard Falck
Inge Bödding
3:33.04
3rd  Soviet Union Raisa Nikanorova
Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Chistyakova
3:34.11
4  United Kingdom 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
Ruth Lindfors
Marika Eklund
3:37.21 NR
8  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  United Kingdom Verona Bernard
Jannette Roscoe
Patricia Lowe
Rosemary Stirling
3:35.0 Q
3  Soviet Union Vera Popkova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Raisa Nikanorova
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
Sonja Termoth
Maria Sykora
3:40.8 NR

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
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
Ruth Lindfors
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

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