1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

None Women's 800 metres European Athletics Championships 1969 1974 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. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 412–420 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Vera Nikolić SFR YugoslaviaSilver Patricia Lowe GBRBronze Rosemary Stirling GBR Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Vera Nikolić SFR Yugoslavia 2:00.00 NR CR Patricia Lowe GBR 2:01.66 Rosemary Stirling GBR 2:02.08 4 Danuta Wierzbowska POL 2:04.16 5 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:05.14 6 Claire Walsh IRL 2:08.57 7 Hildegard Falck FRG DNF 8 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR DNF Semi-finals 11 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vera Nikolić SFR Yugoslavia 2:03.7 Q 2 Danuta Wierzbowska POL 2:05.3 Q 3 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:05.4 Q 4 Patricia Lowe GBR 2:05.4 Q 5 Magdolna Kulcsár HUN 1957 2:06.2 6 Waltraud Pöhland GDR 2:06.9 7 Angela Ramello ITA 2:07.5 8 Kirsten Hoiler DEN 2:07.6 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 2:03.1 Q 2 Hildegard Falck FRG 2:03.2 Q 3 Rosemary Stirling GBR 2:03.3 Q 4 Claire Walsh IRL 2:03.4 NR Q 5 Ileana Silai ROU 1965 2:03.9 6 Sylvia Schenk FRG 2:04.6 7 Donata Govoni ITA 2:05.0 8 Nijolė Sabaitė URS 1955 DNS Heats 10 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hildegard Falck FRG 2:04.96 Q 2 Magdolna Kulcsár HUN 1957 2:05.30 Q 3 Waltraud Pöhland GDR 2:05.31 Q 4 Angela Ramello ITA 2:05.70 Q 5 Vasilena Amzina BUL 1971 2:06.39 6 Sandra Sutherland GBR 2:09.46 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vera Nikolić SFR Yugoslavia 2:04.81 Q 2 Rosemary Stirling GBR 2:06.74 Q 3 Sylvia Schenk FRG 2:07.41 Q 4 Danuta Wierzbowska POL 2:07.93 Q 5 Birgitte Jennes DEN 2:09.54 6 Maria-Coro Fuentes ESP 1945 2:12.58 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 2:05.87 Q 2 Claire Walsh IRL 2:06.06 Q 3 Patricia Lowe GBR 2:06.37 Q 4 Kirsten Hoiler DEN 2:06.67 Q 5 Elżbieta Skowrońska POL 2:06.94 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ileana Silai ROU 1965 2:04.88 Q 2 Donata Govoni ITA 2:05.48 Q 3 Nijolė Sabaitė URS 1955 2:05.54 Q 4 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:05.57 Q 5 Tonka Petrova BUL 1971 2:05.91 6 Grete Andersen NOR 2:07.63 Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (2) DEN (2) GDR (2) HUN 1957 (1) IRL (1) ITA (2) NOR (1) POL (2) ROU 1965 (1) URS 1955 (1) ESP 1945 (1) GBR (3) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships