1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.^[1]

Women's 100 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location	Helsinki
Dates	10 August (heats) 11 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors	20 from 11 nations
Winning time	11.35
Medalists
Renate Stecher    East Germany   Ingrid Mickler    West Germany   Elfgard Schittenhelm    West Germany
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Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•  Austria (1)
•  East Germany (3)
•  France (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Poland (3)
•  Soviet Union (1)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  West Germany (3)

Results

Heats

10 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.84	Q
2	Anita Neil	Great Britain	11.85	Q
3	Monika Meyer	East Germany	11.86	Q
4	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	11.88	Q
5	Margit Nemesházi	Hungary	12.10
			Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	11.53	Q
2	Györgyi Balogh	Hungary	11.68	Q
3	Petra Vogt	East Germany	11.73	Q
4	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	11.79	Q
5	Elizabeth Johns	Great Britain	11.86
			Wind: -1.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ingrid Mickler	West Germany	11.56	Q
2	Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union	11.82	Q
3	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	11.90	Q
4	Danuta Jędrejek	Poland	11.92	Q
5	Helga Kapfer	Austria	11.99
6	Val Peat	Great Britain	12.07
			Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.42	CR Q
2	Inge Helten	West Germany	11.66	Q
3	Sylviane Telliez	France	11.91	Q
4	Helena Fliśnik	Poland	11.97	Q
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Semi-finals

11 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ingrid Mickler	West Germany	11.53	Q
2	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	11.56	Q
3	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.75	Q
4	Petra Vogt	East Germany	11.78	Q
5	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	11.92
6	Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union	11.94
7	Danuta Jędrejek	Poland	12.00
	Sylviane Telliez	France	DNS
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.50	Q
2	Inge Helten	West Germany	11.61	Q
3	Györgyi Balogh	Hungary	11.68	Q
4	Anita Neil	Great Britain	11.70	Q
5	Monika Meyer	East Germany	11.78
6	Helena Fliśnik	Poland	11.97
7	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	12.05
	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	DNS
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Final

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.35	CR
	Ingrid Mickler	West Germany	11.46
	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	11.51
4	Inge Helten	West Germany	11.55
5	Györgyi Balogh	Hungary	11.59
6	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.63
7	Petra Vogt	East Germany	11.71
8	Anita Neil	Great Britain	11.75
			Wind: 0.0 m/s