1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt East Germany
Silver	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding West Germany
Bronze	Raisa Nikanorova Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova Soviet Union

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	3:29.28	WR
	West Germany	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding	3:33.04
	Soviet Union	Raisa Nikanorova Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Chistyakova	3:34.11
4	Great Britain	Verona Bernard Jannette Roscoe Patricia Lowe Rosemary Stirling	3:34.52
5	Poland	Bożena Zientarska Elżbieta Skowrońska Danuta Piecyk Krystyna Hryniewicka	3:35.28	NR
6	Sweden	Eva-Charlotte Malmström Ann Larsson Elisabeth Randerz Karin Lundgren	3:37.09
7	Finland	Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Ruth Lindfors Marika Eklund	3:37.21	NR
	France	Monique Noirot Nicole Duclos Bernadette Martin Colette Besson	DNF

Heats

14 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Anette Rückes Christel Frese Hildegard Falck Inge Bödding	3:34.7	Q
2	Great Britain	Verona Bernard Jannette Roscoe Patricia Lowe Rosemary Stirling	3:35.0	Q
3	Soviet Union	Vera Popkova Nadezhda Kolesnikova Raisa Nikanorova Natalya Chistyakova	3:35.6	Q
4	Sweden	Eva-Charlotte Malmström Ann Larsson Elisabeth Randerz Karin Lundgren	3:37.2	Q
5	Austria	Gerlinde Massing Karoline Käfer Sonja Termoth Maria Sykora	3:40.8	NR

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	3:34.2	Q
2	France	Monique Noirot Nicole Duclos Bernadette Martin Colette Besson	3:35.6	Q
3	Poland	Bożena Zientarska Elżbieta Skowrońska Danuta Piecyk Krystyna Hryniewicka	3:37.5	Q
4	Finland	Mona-Lisa Strandvall Riitta Salin Ruth Lindfors Marika Eklund	3:41.2	Q
5	Bulgaria	Ivanka Venkova Stefka Yordanova Tonka Petrova Svetla Zlateva	3:43.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (4)
• Bulgaria (4)
• East Germany (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)