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.

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

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