1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 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 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia
Silver	Patricia Lowe  United Kingdom
Bronze	Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:00.00	NR CR
02 !	Patricia Lowe	United Kingdom	2:01.66
03 !	Rosemary Stirling	United Kingdom	2:02.08
4	Danuta Wierzbowska	Poland	2:04.16
5	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:05.14
6	Claire Walsh	Ireland	2:08.57
7	Hildegard Falck	West Germany	DNF
8	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	DNF

Semi-finals

11 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:03.7	Q
2	Danuta Wierzbowska	Poland	2:05.3	Q
3	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:05.4	Q
4	Patricia Lowe	United Kingdom	2:05.4	Q
5	Magdolna Kulcsár	Hungary	2:06.2
6	Waltraud Pöhland	East Germany	2:06.9
7	Angela Ramello	Italy	2:07.5
8	Kirsten Hoiler	Denmark	2:07.6

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	2:03.1	Q
2	Hildegard Falck	West Germany	2:03.2	Q
3	Rosemary Stirling	United Kingdom	2:03.3	Q
4	Claire Walsh	Ireland	2:03.4	NR Q
5	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:03.9
6	Sylvia Schenk	West Germany	2:04.6
7	Donata Govoni	Italy	2:05.0
8	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	DNS

Heats

10 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hildegard Falck	West Germany	2:04.96	Q
2	Magdolna Kulcsár	Hungary	2:05.30	Q
3	Waltraud Pöhland	East Germany	2:05.31	Q
4	Angela Ramello	Italy	2:05.70	Q
5	Vasilena Amzina	Bulgaria	2:06.39
6	Sandra Sutherland	United Kingdom	2:09.46

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:04.81	Q
2	Rosemary Stirling	United Kingdom	2:06.74	Q
3	Sylvia Schenk	West Germany	2:07.41	Q
4	Danuta Wierzbowska	Poland	2:07.93	Q
5	Birgitte Jennes	Denmark	2:09.54
6	Maria-Coro Fuentes	Spain	2:12.58

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	2:05.87	Q
2	Claire Walsh	Ireland	2:06.06	Q
3	Patricia Lowe	United Kingdom	2:06.37	Q
4	Kirsten Hoiler	Denmark	2:06.67	Q
5	Elżbieta Skowrońska	Poland	2:06.94

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:04.88	Q
2	Donata Govoni	Italy	2:05.48	Q
3	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	2:05.54	Q
4	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:05.57	Q
5	Tonka Petrova	Bulgaria	2:05.91
6	Grete Andersen	Norway	2:07.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References