1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 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 Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika ZehrtSilver Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge BöddingBronze Raisa NikanorovaVera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaNatalya Chistyakova

Results Final 15 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt 3:29.28 WR Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge Bödding 3:33.04 Raisa NikanorovaVera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaNatalya Chistyakova 3:34.11 4 Verona BernardJannette RoscoePatricia LoweRosemary Stirling 3:34.52 5 Bożena ZientarskaElżbieta SkowrońskaDanuta PiecykKrystyna Hryniewicka 3:35.28 NR 6 Eva-Charlotte MalmströmAnn LarssonElisabeth RanderzKarin Lundgren 3:37.09 7 Mona-Lisa StrandvallRiitta SalinRuth LindforsMarika Eklund 3:37.21 NR Monique NoirotNicole DuclosBernadette MartinColette Besson DNF

Heats 14 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Anette RückesChristel FreseHildegard FalckInge Bödding 3:34.7 Q 2 Verona BernardJannette RoscoePatricia LoweRosemary Stirling 3:35.0 Q 3 Vera PopkovaNadezhda KolesnikovaRaisa NikanorovaNatalya Chistyakova 3:35.6 Q 4 Eva-Charlotte MalmströmAnn LarssonElisabeth RanderzKarin Lundgren 3:37.2 Q 5 Gerlinde MassingKaroline KäferSonja TermothMaria Sykora 3:40.8 NR

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Rita KühneIngelore LohseHelga SeidlerMonika Zehrt 3:34.2 Q 2 Monique NoirotNicole DuclosBernadette MartinColette Besson 3:35.6 Q 3 Bożena ZientarskaElżbieta SkowrońskaDanuta PiecykKrystyna Hryniewicka 3:37.5 Q 4 Mona-Lisa StrandvallRiitta SalinRuth LindforsMarika Eklund 3:41.2 Q 5 Ivanka VenkovaStefka YordanovaTonka PetrovaSvetla Zlateva 3:43.3

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

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