1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Competition:	1971 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	20
Nations:	11
Win Value:	11.35
Gold:	Renate Stecher
Silver:	Ingrid Mickler
Bronze:	Elfgard Schittenhelm
Gold Nation:	GDR
Silver Nation:	FRG
Bronze Nation:	FRG
Previous:	1969
Next:	1974

The women's 100 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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Results

Heats

10 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.84
2	align=left		align=left		11.85
3	align=left		align=left		11.86
4	align=left		align=left		11.88
5	align=left		align=left		12.10
			Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.53
2	align=left		align=left		11.68
3	align=left		align=left		11.73
4	align=left		align=left		11.79
5	align=left		align=left		11.86
			Wind: -1.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.56
2	align=left		align=left		11.82
3	align=left		align=left		11.90
4	align=left		align=left		11.92
5	align=left		align=left		11.99
6	align=left		align=left		12.07
			Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.42	CR Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.66
3	align=left		align=left		11.91
4	align=left		align=left		11.97
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Semi-finals

11 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.53
2	align=left		align=left		11.56
3	align=left		align=left		11.75
4	align=left		align=left		11.78
5	align=left		align=left		11.92
6	align=left		align=left		11.94
7	align=left		align=left		12.00
	align=left		align=left		DNS
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.50
2	align=left		align=left		11.61
3	align=left		align=left		11.68
4	align=left		align=left		11.70
5	align=left		align=left		11.78
6	align=left		align=left		11.97
7	align=left		align=left		12.05
	align=left		align=left		DNS
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Final

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		11.35
	align=left		align=left		11.46
	align=left		align=left		11.51
4	align=left		align=left		11.55
5	align=left		align=left		11.59
6	align=left		align=left		11.63
7	align=left		align=left		11.71
8	align=left		align=left		11.75
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Notes and References

Web site: European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK. 412–420. European Athletics Association. 13 August 2014.