1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.

Medalists Gold Elfgard SchittenhelmInge HeltenAnnegret RichterIngrid MicklerSilver Karin BalzerRenate StecherPetra VogtEllen StropahlBronze Lyudmila ZharkovaGalina BukharinaMarina SidorovaNadezhda Besfamilnaya

Results Final 15 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Elfgard SchittenhelmInge HeltenAnnegret RichterIngrid Mickler 43.28 AR Karin BalzerRenate StecherPetra VogtEllen Stropahl 43.62 Lyudmila ZharkovaGalina BukharinaMarina SidorovaNadezhda Besfamilnaya 44.45 4 Danuta JędrejekBarbara BakulinUrszula JóźwikHelena Fliśnik 44.75 5 Ilona BruzsenyákMargit NemesháziGyörgyi BaloghKatalin Papp 44.78 6 Val PeatMargaret CritchleyMadeleine CobbElizabeth Johns 44.87 7 Gabrielle MeyerMichèle BeugnetNicole PaniOdette Ducas 45.50 8 Anneli OlssonGun OlssonKarin LundgrenElisabeth Randerz 46.12

Heats 14 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Elfgard SchittenhelmInge HeltenAnnegret RichterIngrid Mickler 44.37 Q 2 Lyudmila ZharkovaGalina BukharinaMarina SidorovaNadezhda Besfamilnaya 44.62 Q 3 Danuta JędrejekBarbara BakulinUrszula JóźwikHelena Fliśnik 44.75 Q 4 Anneli OlssonGun OlssonKarin LundgrenElisabeth Randerz 45.30 NR Q 5 Maddalena GrassanoAlessandra OrselliLaura NappiCecilia Molinari 45.71

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Karin BalzerRenate StecherPetra VogtEllen Stropahl 44.13 Q 2 Ilona BruzsenyákMargit NemesháziGyörgyi BaloghKatalin Papp 44.87 Q 3 Val PeatMargaret CritchleyMadeleine CobbElizabeth Johns 45.09 Q 4 Gabrielle MeyerMichèle BeugnetNicole PaniOdette Ducas 45.63 Q 5 Karoline KäferChristine KepplingerMonika HolzschusterHelga Kapfer 45.82 NR

Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

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