The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
10th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 10 – 15 August |
Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 38 |
Participation | 857 athletes from 29 nations |
Men's results
Complete results were published.[7]
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Ilona Gusenbauer Austria | 1.87 m CR | Cornelia Popescu Romania | 1.85 m | ||
Barbara Inkpen Great Britain | 1.85 m | |||||
Long jump | Ingrid Mickler West Germany | 6.76 m CR | Meta Antenen Switzerland | 6.73 m | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 6.66 m |
Shot put | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | 20.16 m | Marita Lange East Germany | 19.25 m | Margitta Gummel East Germany | 19.22 m |
Discus throw | Faina Melnik Soviet Union | 64.22 m WR, CR | Liesel Westermann West Germany | 61.68 m | Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union | 59.48 m |
Javelin throw | Daniela Jaworska Poland | 61.00 m CR | Ameli Koloska West Germany | 59.40 m | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | 59.16 m |
Pentathlon | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 4675 pts | Burglinde Pollak East Germany | 4638 pts | Margrit Herbst East Germany | 4570 pts |
Medal table
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
3 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Finland (FIN)* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 871 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, fourteen athletes more than the official number of 857 as published.[8]
- Austria (16)
- Belgium (16)
- Bulgaria (12)
- Czechoslovakia (32)
- Denmark (14)
- East Germany (68)
- Finland (48)
- France (67)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Greece (4)
- Hungary (42)
- Iceland (3)
- Ireland (9)
- Italy (47)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Netherlands (20)
- Norway (30)
- Poland (65)
- Portugal (5)
- Romania (18)
- Soviet Union (84)
- Spain (16)
- Sweden (43)
- Switzerland (20)
- Turkey (9)
- Great Britain (65)
- West Germany (88)
- Yugoslavia (27)
References
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