1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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 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
 United Kingdom
Bronze Rosemary Stirling
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:00.00 NR CR
2nd Patricia Lowe  United Kingdom 2:01.66
3rd Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom 2:02.08
4 Danuta Wierzbowska  Poland 2:04.16
5 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:05.14
6 Claire Walsh  Ireland 2:08.57
7 Hildegard Falck  West Germany DNF
8 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 Danuta Wierzbowska  Poland 2:05.3 Q
3 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:05.4 Q
4 Patricia Lowe  United Kingdom 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 Kirsten Hoiler  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  United Kingdom 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
8 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 Sandra Sutherland  United Kingdom 2:09.46

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:04.81 Q
2 Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom 2:06.74 Q
3 Sylvia Schenk  West Germany 2:07.41 Q
4 Danuta Wierzbowska  Poland 2:07.93 Q
5 Birgitte Jennes  Denmark 2:09.54
6 Maria-Coro Fuentes  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  United Kingdom 2:06.37 Q
4 Kirsten Hoiler  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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