1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

None Women's 1500 metres 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. 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 Karin Burneleit GDRSilver Gunhild Hoffmeister GDRBronze Ellen Tittel FRG Results Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Karin Burneleit GDR 4:09.62 WR Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 4:10.31 Ellen Tittel FRG 4:10.35 NR 4 Rita Ridley GBR 4:12.65 NR 5 Regine Kleinau GDR 4:13.71 6 Lyudmila Bragina URS 1955 4:13.93 7 Jaroslava Jehličková TCH 4:14.79 8 Joan Allison GBR 4:14.81 9 Sara Ligetkuti HUN 1957 4:16.06 NR 10 Vasilena Amzina BUL 1971 4:17.27 11 Sheila Carey GBR 4:17.54 12 Inger Knutsson SWE 4:21.45 Heats 13 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ellen Tittel FRG 4:14.2 Q 2 Lyudmila Bragina URS 1955 4:15.0 Q 3 Regine Kleinau GDR 4:15.3 Q 4 Sheila Carey GBR 4:16.2 Q 5 Zsuzsa Völgyi HUN 1957 4:18.0 NR 6 Sinikka Tyynelä FIN 4:22.0 NR 7 Maria-Belen Azpeitia ESP 1945 4:24.0 NR 8 Anneke de Lange NED 4:24.2 9 Vera Nikolić SFR Yugoslavia 4:24.5 10 Angela Ramello ITA 4:30.3 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karin Burneleit GDR 4:14.9 Q 2 Vasilena Amzina BUL 1971 4:16.8 NR Q 3 Rita Ridley GBR 4:17.4 Q 4 Inger Knutsson SWE 4:18.2 Q 5 Magdolna Kulcsár HUN 1957 4:21.2 6 Đurica Rajher SFR Yugoslavia 4:22.4 7 Joke van der Stelt NED 4:23.0 8 Catherine Bultez FRA 4:23.1 NR 9 Gerda Klöpfer FRG 4:25.8 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 4:17.2 Q 2 Joan Allison GBR 4:17.2 Q 3 Jaroslava Jehličková TCH 4:17.4 Q 4 Sara Ligetkuti HUN 1957 4:17.6 NR Q 5 Christa Merten FRG 4:18.2 6 Galina Kuzmina URS 1955 4:19.1 7 Els Gommers NED 4:19.3 8 Grete Andersen NOR 4:23.0 9 Bronisława Doborzyńska POL 4:24.2 10 Zina Boniolo ITA 4:31.4 11 Lena Sjöstedt SWE 4:34.0 Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (1) TCH (1) GDR (3) FIN (1) FRA (1) HUN 1957 (3) ITA (2) NED (3) NOR (1) POL (1) URS 1955 (2) ESP 1945 (1) SWE (2) GBR (3) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships