1971 European Athletics Championships
The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| 10th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 10 – 15 August |
| Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
| Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 38 |
| Participation | 857 athletes from 29 nations |
Men's results
Finnish Postage stamp
Complete results were published.[7]
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | 10.26 CR | Gerhard Wucherer West Germany | 10.48 | Vasilis Papageorgopoulos Greece | 10.56 |
| 200 metres |
Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | 20.30 CR | Franz-Peter Hofmeister West Germany | 20.71 | Jörg Pfeifer East Germany | 20.72 |
| 400 metres |
David Jenkins Great Britain | 45.45 CR | Marcello Fiasconaro Italy | 45.49 | Jan Werner Poland | 45.56 |
| 800 metres |
Yevhen Arzhanov Soviet Union | 1:45.6 CR | Dieter Fromm East Germany | 1:46.0 | Andy Carter Great Britain | 1:46.2 |
| 1500 metres |
Francesco Arese Italy | 3:38.4 CR | Henryk Szordykowski Poland | 3:38.7 | Brendan Foster Great Britain | 3:39.2 |
| 5000 metres |
Juha Väätäinen Finland | 13:32.6 CR | Jean Wadoux France | 13:33.6 | Harald Norpoth West Germany | 13:33.8 |
| 10,000 metres |
Juha Väätäinen Finland | 27:52.8 CR | Jürgen Haase East Germany | 27:53.4 | Rashid Sharafetdinov Soviet Union | 27:56.4 |
| Marathon |
Karel Lismont.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 2:13:09 CR | Trevor Wright Great Britain | 2:13:59 | Ron Hill Great Britain | 2:14:34 |
| 20 kilometres walk |
Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union | 1:27:20 CR | Gerhard Sperling East Germany | 1:27:29 | Paul Nihill Great Britain | 1:27:34 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union | 4:02:22 CR | Christoph Höhne East Germany | 4:04:45 | Peter Selzer East Germany | 4:06:11 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Frank Siebeck East Germany | 14.00 | Alan Pascoe Great Britain | 14.09 | Lubomír Nádeníček Czechoslovakia | 14.30 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Jean-Claude Nallet France | 49.2 =CR | Christian Rudolph East Germany | 49.3 | Dmitriy Stukalov Soviet Union | 50.0 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Jean-Paul Villain France | 8:25.2 | Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia | 8:26.2 | Pavel Sysoyev Soviet Union | 8:26.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Ladislav Kříž Juraj Demeč Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 39.3 | Gerard Gramse Tadeusz Cuch Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak Poland (POL) | 39.7 | Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni Italy (ITA) | 39.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Thomas Jordan Martin Jellinghaus Hermann Köhler West Germany (FRG) | 3:02.9 | Andrzej Badeński Jan Balachowski Waldemar Korycki Jan Werner Poland (POL) | 3:03.6 | Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro Italy (ITA) | 3:04.6 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Kęstutis Šapka Soviet Union | 2.20 m | Csaba Dosa.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 2.20 m | Rustam Akhmetov Soviet Union | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault |
Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany | 5.35 m CR | Kjell Isaksson Sweden | 5.30 m | Renato Dionisi Italy | 5.30 m |
| Long jump |
Max Klauß East Germany | 7.92 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union | 7.91 m | Stanisław Szudrowicz Poland | 7.87 m |
| Triple jump |
Jörg Drehmel East Germany | 17.16 m w | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | 17.10 m w | Carol Corbu Romania | 16.87 m |
| Shot put |
Hartmut Briesenick East Germany | 21.08 m CR | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg East Germany | 20.47 m | Władysław Komar Poland | 20.04 m |
| Discus throw |
Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia | 63.90 m CR | Lothar Milde East Germany | 61.62 m | Géza Fejér Hungary | 61.54 m |
| Hammer throw |
Uwe Beyer West Germany | 72.36 m | Reinhard Theimer East Germany | 71.80 m | Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union | 71.40 m |
| Javelin throw |
Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | 90.68 m | Jānis Doniņš Soviet Union | 85.30 m | Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany | 84.22 m |
| Decathlon |
Joachim Kirst East Germany | 8196 pts CR | Lennart Hedmark Sweden | 8038 pts | Hans-Joachim Walde West Germany | 7951 pts |
Women's results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Renate Stecher East Germany | 11.4 =CR | Ingrid Mickler West Germany | 11.5 | Elfgard Schittenhelm West Germany | 11.5 |
| 200 metres |
Renate Stecher East Germany | 22.7 CR | Györgyi Balogh Hungary | 23.2 | Irena Szewińska Poland | 23.3 |
| 400 metres |
Helga Seidler East Germany | 52.1 | Inge Bödding West Germany | 52.9 | Ingelore Lohse East Germany | 52.9 |
| 800 metres |
Vera Nikolić.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 2:00.0 CR | Pat Lowe Great Britain | 2:01.7 | Rosemary Stirling Great Britain | 2:02.1 |
| 1500 metres |
Karin Burneleit East Germany | 4:09.62 WR, CR, | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany | 4:10.3 | Ellen Tittel West Germany | 4:10.4 |
| 100 metres hurdles |
Karin Balzer East Germany | 12.94 CR | Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany | 13.0 | Teresa Sukniewicz Poland | 13.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Elfgard Schittenhelm Inge Helten Annegret Irrgang Ingrid Mickler West Germany (FRG) | 43.3 CR | Karin Balzer Renate Stecher Petra Vogt Ellen Stropahl East Germany (GDR) | 43.6 | Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina Marina Sidorova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Soviet Union (URS) | 44.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt East Germany (GDR) | 3:29.3 CR | Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding West Germany (FRG) | 3:33.0 | Raissa Nikaronova Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova Soviet Union (URS) | 3:34.1 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Ilona Gusenbauer Austria | 1.87 m CR | Cornelia Popescu Romania | 1.85 m | ||
| Barbara Inkpen Great Britain | 1.85 m | |||||
| Long jump |
Ingrid Mickler West Germany | 6.76 m CR | Meta Antenen.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 6.73 m | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 6.66 m |
| Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | 20.16 m | Marita Lange East Germany | 19.25 m | Margitta Gummel East Germany | 19.22 m |
| Discus throw |
Faina Melnik Soviet Union | 64.22 m WR, CR | Liesel Westermann West Germany | 61.68 m | Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union | 59.48 m |
| Javelin throw |
Daniela Jaworska Poland | 61.00 m CR | Ameli Koloska West Germany | 59.40 m | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | 59.16 m |
| Pentathlon |
Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 4675 pts | Burglinde Pollak East Germany | 4638 pts | Margrit Herbst East Germany | 4570 pts |
Medal table
* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN)* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 871 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, fourteen athletes more than the official number of 857 as published.[8]
- Austria (16)
- Belgium (16)
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Bulgaria (12)- Czechoslovakia (32)
Denmark (14)- East Germany (68)
- Finland (48)
- France (67)
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Greece (4)- Hungary (42)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (9)- Italy (47)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (30)- Poland (65)
Portugal (5)- Romania (18)
- Soviet Union (84)
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Spain (16)- Sweden (43)
- Switzerland (20)
Turkey (9)- Great Britain (65)
- West Germany (88)
- Yugoslavia (27)
References
- Marshall, Ron (August 9, 1971), Britain's four gold prospects, Glasgow Herald, p. 5, retrieved September 8, 2014
- Bedford left trailing by flying Finn, Glasgow Herald, August 11, 1971, p. 6, retrieved September 8, 2014
- Davies finishes fourth in long jump, Glasgow Herald, August 12, 1971, p. 8, retrieved September 8, 2014
- Four Games medals for Britons, Glasgow Herald, August 13, 1971, p. 6, retrieved September 8, 2014
- Jenkins wins Britain's first gold medal, Glasgow Herald, August 14, 1971, p. 4, retrieved September 8, 2014
- Britons take minor marathon medals, Glasgow Herald, August 16, 1971, p. 4, retrieved September 8, 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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