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1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 1500 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Karin Burneleit
 East Germany
Silver Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany
Bronze Ellen Tittel
 West Germany

Results

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Final

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15 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karin Burneleit  East Germany 4:09.62 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 4:10.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Tittel  West Germany 4:10.35 NR
4 Rita Ridley  Great Britain 4:12.65 NR
5 Regine Kleinau  East Germany 4:13.71
6 Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 4:13.93
7 Jaroslava Jehličková  Czechoslovakia 4:14.79
8 Joan Allison  Great Britain 4:14.81
9 Sara Ligetkuti  Hungary 4:16.06 NR
10 Vasilena Amzina  Bulgaria 4:17.27
11 Sheila Carey  Great Britain 4:17.54
12 Inger Knutsson  Sweden 4:21.45

Heats

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13 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ellen Tittel  West Germany 4:14.2 Q
2 Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 4:15.0 Q
3 Regine Kleinau  East Germany 4:15.3 Q
4 Sheila Carey  Great Britain 4:16.2 Q
5 Zsuzsa Völgyi  Hungary 4:18.0 NR
6 Sinikka Tyynelä  Finland 4:22.0 NR
7 Maria-Belen Azpeitia  Spain 4:24.0 NR
8 Anneke de Lange  Netherlands 4:24.2
9 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 4:24.5
10 Angela Ramello  Italy 4:30.3

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karin Burneleit  East Germany 4:14.9 Q
2 Vasilena Amzina  Bulgaria 4:16.8 NR Q
3 Rita Ridley  Great Britain 4:17.4 Q
4 Inger Knutsson  Sweden 4:18.2 Q
5 Magdolna Kulcsár  Hungary 4:21.2
6 Đurica Rajher  Yugoslavia 4:22.4
7 Joke van der Stelt  Netherlands 4:23.0
8 Catherine Bultez  France 4:23.1 NR
9 Gerda Klöpfer  West Germany 4:25.8

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 4:17.2 Q
2 Joan Allison  Great Britain 4:17.2 Q
3 Jaroslava Jehličková  Czechoslovakia 4:17.4 Q
4 Sara Ligetkuti  Hungary 4:17.6 NR Q
5 Christa Merten  West Germany 4:18.2
6 Galina Kuzmina  Soviet Union 4:19.1
7 Els Gommers  Netherlands 4:19.3
8 Grete Andersen  Norway 4:23.0
9 Bronisława Doborzyńska  Poland 4:24.2
10 Zina Boniolo  Italy 4:31.4
11 Lena Sjöstedt  Sweden 4:34.0

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 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