The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
10th European Athletics Championships | |
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![]() The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships | |
Dates | 10 – 15 August |
Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 38 |
Participation | 857 athletes from 29 nations |
Men's results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/0%2C30_mark_track_and_field_European_Championship_stamp_of_Helsinki_1971.jpg/320px-0%2C30_mark_track_and_field_European_Championship_stamp_of_Helsinki_1971.jpg)
Complete results were published.[7]
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Ilona Gusenbauer![]() | 1.87 m CR | Cornelia Popescu![]() | 1.85 m | ||
Barbara Inkpen![]() | 1.85 m | |||||
Long jump |
Ingrid Mickler![]() | 6.76 m CR | Meta Antenen![]() | 6.73 m | Heide Rosendahl![]() | 6.66 m |
Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova![]() | 20.16 m | Marita Lange![]() | 19.25 m | Margitta Gummel![]() | 19.22 m |
Discus throw |
Faina Melnik![]() | 64.22 m WR, CR | Liesel Westermann![]() | 61.68 m | Lyudmila Muravyova![]() | 59.48 m |
Javelin throw |
Daniela Jaworska![]() | 61.00 m CR | Ameli Koloska![]() | 59.40 m | Ruth Fuchs![]() | 59.16 m |
Pentathlon |
Heide Rosendahl![]() | 4675 pts | Burglinde Pollak![]() | 4638 pts | Margrit Herbst![]() | 4570 pts |
Medal table
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 871 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, fourteen athletes more than the official number of 857 as published.[8]
Austria (16)
Belgium (16)
Bulgaria (12)
Czechoslovakia (32)
Denmark (14)
East Germany (68)
Finland (48)
France (67)
Gibraltar (1)
Greece (4)
Hungary (42)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (9)
Italy (47)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (30)
Poland (65)
Portugal (5)
Romania (18)
Soviet Union (84)
Spain (16)
Sweden (43)
Switzerland (20)
Turkey (9)
Great Britain (65)
West Germany (88)
Yugoslavia (27)
References
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