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.
Medalists Gold Karin Burneleit Silver Gunhild Hoffmeister Bronze Ellen Tittel
Results
Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Karin Burneleit 4:09.62 WR Gunhild Hoffmeister 4:10.31 Ellen Tittel 4:10.35 NR 4 Rita Ridley 4:12.65 NR 5 Regine Kleinau 4:13.71 6 Lyudmila Bragina 4:13.93 7 Jaroslava Jehličková 4:14.79 8 Joan Allison 4:14.81 9 Sara Ligetkuti 4:16.06 NR 10 Vasilena Amzina 4:17.27 11 Sheila Carey 4:17.54 12 Inger Knutsson 4:21.45
Heats 13 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ellen Tittel 4:14.2 Q 2 Lyudmila Bragina 4:15.0 Q 3 Regine Kleinau 4:15.3 Q 4 Sheila Carey 4:16.2 Q 5 Zsuzsa Völgyi 4:18.0 NR 6 Sinikka Tyynelä 4:22.0 NR 7 Maria-Belen Azpeitia 4:24.0 NR 8 Anneke de Lange 4:24.2 9 Vera Nikolić 4:24.5 10 Angela Ramello 4:30.3
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karin Burneleit 4:14.9 Q 2 Vasilena Amzina 4:16.8 NR Q 3 Rita Ridley 4:17.4 Q 4 Inger Knutsson 4:18.2 Q 5 Magdolna Kulcsár 4:21.2 6 Đurica Rajher 4:22.4 7 Joke van der Stelt 4:23.0 8 Catherine Bultez 4:23.1 NR 9 Gerda Klöpfer 4:25.8
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister 4:17.2 Q 2 Joan Allison 4:17.2 Q 3 Jaroslava Jehličková 4:17.4 Q 4 Sara Ligetkuti 4:17.6 NR Q 5 Christa Merten 4:18.2 6 Galina Kuzmina 4:19.1 7 Els Gommers 4:19.3 8 Grete Andersen 4:23.0 9 Bronisława Doborzyńska 4:24.2 10 Zina Boniolo 4:31.4 11 Lena Sjöstedt 4:34.0
Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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