1971 European Athletics Championships
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| 10th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1971 European Athletics Championships
|
|
| Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
| Date(s) | 10 – 15 August 1971 |
| Main stadium | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation | 857 athletes from 29 nations |
| Events | 38 |
|
|
|
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]
Contents
Men's results
Complete results were published.[7]
Track
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Kęstutis Šapka Soviet Union |
2.20 | Csaba Dosa Romania |
2.20 | Rustam Akhmetov Soviet Union |
2.20 |
| Long jump |
Max Klauß East Germany |
7.92 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union |
7.91 | Stanisław Szudrowicz Poland |
7.87 |
| Pole vault |
Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany |
5.35 | Kjell Isaksson Sweden |
5.30 | Renato Dionisi Italy |
5.30 |
| Triple jump |
Jörg Drehmel East Germany |
17.16 | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union |
17.10 | Carol Corbu Romania |
16.87 |
| Javelin throw |
Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union |
90.68 | Jānis Doniņš Soviet Union |
85.30 | Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany |
84.22 |
| Discus throw |
Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia |
63.90 | Lothar Milde East Germany |
61.62 | Géza Fejér Hungary |
61.54 |
| Shot put |
Hartmut Briesenick East Germany |
21.08 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg East Germany |
20.47 | Władysław Komar Poland |
20.04 |
| Hammer throw |
Uwe Beyer West Germany |
72.36 | Reinhard Theimer East Germany |
71.80 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union |
71.40 |
| Decathlon |
Joachim Kirst East Germany |
8196 | Lennart Hedmark Sweden |
8038 | Hans-Joachim Walde West Germany |
7951 |
Women's results
Track
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Ilona Gusenbauer Austria |
1.87 | Cornelia Popescu Romania |
1.85 | Barbara Inkpen Great Britain |
1.85 |
| Long jump |
Ingrid Mickler West Germany |
6.76 | Meta Antenen Switzerland |
6.73 | Heide Rosendahl West Germany |
6.66 |
| Javelin throw |
Daniela Jaworska Poland |
61.00 | Ameli Koloska West Germany |
59.40 | Ruth Fuchs East Germany |
59.16 |
| Discus throw |
Faina Melnyk Soviet Union |
64.22 | Liesel Westermann West Germany |
61.68 | Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union |
59.48 |
| Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union |
20.16 | Marita Lange East Germany |
19.25 | Margitta Gummel East Germany |
19.22 |
| Pentathlon |
Heide Rosendahl West Germany |
4675 | Burglinde Pollak East Germany |
4638 | Margrit Herbst East Germany |
4570 |
Medals table
Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany |
13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | West Germany |
4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  France |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Finland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain |
1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Poland |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Italy |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Austria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Belgium |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Yugoslavia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Romania |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweden |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Greece |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Total | 38 | 38 | 38 | 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]
|
|
|
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
.svg){kind=link}