1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Ilona Gusenbauer Austria
Silver	Cornelia Popescu Romania
Silver	Barbara Inkpen United Kingdom

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ilona Gusenbauer	Austria	1.87	CR
	Cornelia Popescu	Romania	1.85
	Barbara Inkpen	United Kingdom	1.85	NR
4	Rita Schmidt	East Germany	1.83
5	Miroslava Hübnerová	Czechoslovakia	1.83
6	Renate Gärtner	West Germany	1.81
7	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.78
8	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	1.78
9	Sara Simeoni	Italy	1.78	NR
10	Karen Mack	West Germany	1.78
11	Kari Hedenstad	Norway	1.75
12	Danuta Konowska	Poland	1.75
13	Valentina Chulkova	Soviet Union	1.75
14	Solveig Langkilde	Denmark	1.75
15	Antonina Lazareva	Soviet Union	1.75
16	Magdolna Komka	Hungary	1.75
16	Breda Babošek	Yugoslavia	1.75
18	Grith Ejstrup	Denmark	1.70
18	Alena Prosková	Czechoslovakia	1.70
18	Vera Gavrilova	Soviet Union	1.70
21	Annemieke Bouma	Netherlands	1.70
21	Gloria Garrido	France	1.70
23	Linda Hedmark	Sweden	1.70
24	Beatrix Rechner	Switzerland	1.70
25	Doris Bisang	Switzerland	1.70
26	Marjan Ackermans	Netherlands	1.65
27	Roswitha Emonts-Gast	Belgium	1.60

Qualification

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Miroslava Hübnerová	Czechoslovakia	1.73	Q
	Solveig Langkilde	Denmark	1.73	Q
	Vera Gavrilova	Soviet Union	1.73	Q
	Breda Babošek	Yugoslavia	1.73	Q
	Rita Schmidt	East Germany	1.73	Q
	Grith Ejstrup	Denmark	1.73	Q
	Marjan Ackermans	Netherlands	1.73	Q
	Valentina Chulkova	Soviet Union	1.73	Q
	Barbara Inkpen	United Kingdom	1.73	Q
	Danuta Konowska	Poland	1.73	Q
	Magdolna Komka	Hungary	1.73	Q
	Gloria Garrido	France	1.73	Q
	Beatrix Rechner	Switzerland	1.73	Q
	Karen Mack	West Germany	1.73	Q
	Linda Hedmark	Sweden	1.73	Q
	Annemieke Bouma	Netherlands	1.73	Q
	Renate Gärtner	West Germany	1.73	Q
	Kari Hedenstad	Norway	1.73	Q
	Antonina Lazareva	Soviet Union	1.73	Q
	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.73	Q
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	1.73	Q
	Roswitha Emonts-Gast	Belgium	1.73	Q
	Ilona Gusenbauer	Austria	1.73	Q
	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	1.73	Q
	Alena Prosková	Czechoslovakia	1.73	Q
	Cornelia Popescu	Romania	1.73	Q
	Doris Bisang	Switzerland	1.73	Q
	Marie-Christine Debourse	France	1.71
	Erika Rudolf	Hungary	1.71
	Vanja Paleka	Yugoslavia	1.68
	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	1.68
	Ruth Watt	United Kingdom	1.68
	Florence Picaut	France	1.65
	Silvia Massenz	Italy	1.65
	Isabella Pigato	Italy	1.55

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• Denmark (2)
• East Germany (1)

• France (3)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (3)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (1)

• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (1)

• Switzerland (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (3)

References

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