1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

None Women's discus throw European Athletics Championships The women's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 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 Faina Melnik URS 1955Silver Liesel Westermann FRGBronze Lyudmila Muravyova URS 1955 Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Faina Melnik URS 1955 64.22 WR Liesel Westermann FRG 61.68 Lyudmila Muravyova URS 1955 59.48 4 Argentina Menis ROU 1965 59.04 5 Tamara Danilova URS 1955 58.28 6 Olimpia Cataramă ROU 1965 57.22 7 Anni Mickler GDR 57.00 8 Christine Spielberg GDR 56.20 9 Jolán Kleiber HUN 1957 55.06 10 Brigitte Berendonk FRG 54.48 11 Judit Abaházi HUN 1957 51.88 12 Rosemary Payne GBR 50.20 Qualification 11 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Tamara Danilova URS 1955 57.52 Q 2 Lyudmila Muravyova URS 1955 56.84 Q 3 Argentina Menis ROU 1965 56.38 Q 4 Jolán Kleiber HUN 1957 56.12 Q 5 Liesel Westermann FRG 55.94 Q 6 Brigitte Berendonk FRG 55.24 Q 7 Olimpia Cataramă ROU 1965 55.16 Q 8 Faina Melnik URS 1955 54.58 q 9 Judit Abaházi HUN 1957 54.56 q 10 Anni Mickler GDR 53.76 q 11 Christine Spielberg GDR 53.44 q 12 Rosemary Payne GBR 52.98 q 13 Lia Manoliu ROU 1965 52.26 14 Judit Bognár HUN 1957 52.12 15 Karin Illgen GDR 50.60 16 Despina Kafenidou GRE 1970 47.30 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event. 22em GDR (3) GRE 1970 (1) HUN 1957 (3) ROU 1965 (3) URS 1955 (3) GBR (1) FRG (2) References Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships