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

None Women's 4 × 400 metres relay European Athletics Championships The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 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 Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika ZehrtGDRSilver Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge BöddingFRGBronze Raisa NikanorovaVera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaNatalya ChistyakovaURS 1955 Results Final 15 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes GDR Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt 3:29.28 WR FRG Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge Bödding 3:33.04 URS 1955 Raisa NikanorovaVera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaNatalya Chistyakova 3:34.11 4 GBR Verona BernardJannette RoscoePatricia LoweRosemary Stirling 3:34.52 5 POL Bożena ZientarskaElżbieta SkowrońskaDanuta PiecykKrystyna Hryniewicka 3:35.28 NR 6 SWE Eva-Charlotte MalmströmAnn LarssonElisabeth RanderzKarin Lundgren 3:37.09 7 FIN Mona-Lisa StrandvallRiitta SalinRuth LindforsMarika Eklund 3:37.21 NR 8 FRA Monique NoirotNicole DuclosBernadette MartinColette Besson DNF Heats 14 August Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 FRG Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge Bödding 3:34.7 Q 2 GBR Verona BernardJannette RoscoePatricia LoweRosemary Stirling 3:35.0 Q 3 URS 1955 Vera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaRaisa NikanorovaNatalya Chistyakova 3:35.6 Q 4 SWE Eva-Charlotte MalmströmAnn LarssonElisabeth RanderzKarin Lundgren 3:37.2 Q 5 AUT Gerlinde MassingKaroline KäferSonja TermothMaria Sykora 3:40.8 NR Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 GDR Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt 3:34.2 Q 2 FRA Monique NoirotNicole DuclosBernadette MartinColette Besson 3:35.6 Q 3 POL Bożena ZientarskaElżbieta SkowrońskaDanuta PiecykKrystyna Hryniewicka 3:37.5 Q 4 FIN Mona-Lisa StrandvallRiitta SalinRuth LindforsMarika Eklund 3:41.2 Q 5 BUL 1971 Ivanka VenkovaStefka YordanovaTonka PetrovaSvetla Zlateva 3:43.3 Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (4) BUL 1971 (4) GDR (4) FIN (4) FRA (4) POL (4) URS 1955 (4) SWE (4) GBR (4) FRG (4) References Category:4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships