1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1971.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Ingrid Mickler
 West Germany
Silver Meta Antenen
  Switzerland
Bronze Heide Rosendahl
 West Germany

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

14 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Mickler  West Germany 6.76
(w: 1.8 m/s)
CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meta Antenen   Switzerland 6.73
(w: 0.1 m/s)
NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heide Rosendahl  West Germany 6.66
4 Sheila Sherwood  Great Britain 6.62
(w: 1.2 m/s)
5 Irena Szewińska  Poland 6.62
(w: 1.3 m/s)
6 Viorica Viscopoleanu  Romania 6.39
(w: 1.3 m/s)
7 Christa Herzog  West Germany 6.38
8 Barbara-Anne Barrett  Great Britain 6.31
9 Margrit Olfert  East Germany 6.29
10 Diana Yorgova  Bulgaria 6.07
(w: 0.4 m/s)
11 Birgitta Larsson  Sweden 6.06
(w: 1.2 m/s)
12 Radojka Francoti  Yugoslavia 6.05

Qualification[edit]

13 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Sheila Sherwood  Great Britain 6.41 Q
2 Ingrid Mickler  West Germany 6.40 Q
3 Christa Herzog  West Germany 6.40 Q
4 Heide Rosendahl  West Germany 6.40 Q
5 Irena Szewińska  Poland 6.31 Q
6 Meta Antenen   Switzerland 6.28 Q
7 Margrit Olfert  East Germany 6.25 Q
8 Barbara-Anne Barrett  Great Britain 6.23 q
9 Viorica Viscopoleanu  Romania 6.17 q
10 Radojka Francoti  Yugoslavia 6.12 q
11 Birgitta Larsson  Sweden 6.09 q
12 Diana Yorgova  Bulgaria 6.09 q
13 Sieglinde Ammann   Switzerland 6.03
14 Tuula Rautanen  Finland 6.01
15 Hannah Kleinpeter  Austria 5.74
16 Margaret Murphy  Ireland 5.73
17 Jarmila Strejčková  Czechoslovakia 5.66

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014