1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Karin Burneleit  East Germany
Silver	Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany
Bronze	Ellen Tittel  West Germany

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	4:09.62	WR
02 !	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:10.31
03 !	Ellen Tittel	West Germany	4:10.35	NR
4	Rita Ridley	United Kingdom	4:12.65	NR
5	Regine Kleinau	East Germany	4:13.71
6	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	4:13.93
7	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	4:14.79
8	Joan Allison	United Kingdom	4:14.81
9	Sara Ligetkuti	Hungary	4:16.06	NR
10	Vasilena Amzina	Bulgaria	4:17.27
11	Sheila Carey	United Kingdom	4:17.54
12	Inger Knutsson	Sweden	4:21.45

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Tittel	West Germany	4:14.2	Q
2	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	4:15.0	Q
3	Regine Kleinau	East Germany	4:15.3	Q
4	Sheila Carey	United Kingdom	4:16.2	Q
5	Zsuzsa Völgyi	Hungary	4:18.0	NR
6	Sinikka Tyynelä	Finland	4:22.0	NR
7	Maria-Belen Azpeitia	Spain	4:24.0	NR
8	Anneke de Lange	Netherlands	4:24.2
9	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	4:24.5
10	Angela Ramello	Italy	4:30.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	4:14.9	Q
2	Vasilena Amzina	Bulgaria	4:16.8	NR Q
3	Rita Ridley	United Kingdom	4:17.4	Q
4	Inger Knutsson	Sweden	4:18.2	Q
5	Magdolna Kulcsár	Hungary	4:21.2
6	Đurica Rajher	Yugoslavia	4:22.4
7	Joke van der Stelt	Netherlands	4:23.0
8	Catherine Bultez	France	4:23.1	NR
9	Gerda Klöpfer	West Germany	4:25.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:17.2	Q
2	Joan Allison	United Kingdom	4:17.2	Q
3	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	4:17.4	Q
4	Sara Ligetkuti	Hungary	4:17.6	NR Q
5	Christa Merten	West Germany	4:18.2
6	Galina Kuzmina	Soviet Union	4:19.1
7	Els Gommers	Netherlands	4:19.3
8	Grete Andersen	Norway	4:23.0
9	Bronisława Doborzyńska	Poland	4:24.2
10	Zina Boniolo	Italy	4:31.4
11	Lena Sjöstedt	Sweden	4:34.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References