1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

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 discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Faina Melnik  Soviet Union
Silver	Liesel Westermann  West Germany
Bronze	Lyudmila Muravyeva  Soviet Union

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	64.22	WR
02 !	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	61.68
03 !	Lyudmila Muravyeva	Soviet Union	59.48
4	Argentina Menis	Romania	59.04
5	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	58.28
6	Olimpia Cataramă	Romania	57.22
7	Anni Mickler	East Germany	57.00
8	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	56.20
9	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	55.06
10	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	54.48
11	Judit Abaházi	Hungary	51.88
12	Rosemary Payne	United Kingdom	50.20

Qualification

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	57.52	Q
2	Lyudmila Muravyeva	Soviet Union	56.84	Q
3	Argentina Menis	Romania	56.38	Q
4	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	56.12	Q
5	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	55.94	Q
6	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	55.24	Q
7	Olimpia Cataramă	Romania	55.16	Q
8	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	54.58	q
9	Judit Abaházi	Hungary	54.56	q
10	Anni Mickler	East Germany	53.76	q
11	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	53.44	q
12	Rosemary Payne	United Kingdom	52.98	q
13	Lia Manoliu	Romania	52.26
14	Judit Bognár	Hungary	52.12
15	Karin Illgen	East Germany	50.60
16	Despina Kafenidou	Greece	47.30

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

References