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

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

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

11 August

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

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

10 August

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

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

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

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

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

800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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Women	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

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