1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

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 shot put at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union
Silver	Marita Lange East Germany
Bronze	Margitta Gummel East Germany

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	20.16
	Marita Lange	East Germany	19.25
	Margitta Gummel	East Germany	19.22
4	Antonina Ivanova	Soviet Union	18.80
5	Hannelore Friedel	East Germany	18.52
6	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	17.78
7	Galina Nekrasova	Soviet Union	17.56
8	Judit Bognár	Hungary	17.33
9	Els van Noorduyn	Netherlands	16.68
10	Ludwika Chewińska	Poland	16.64
11	Sigrun Kofink	West Germany	16.27
12	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	15.73
13	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	15.39
14	Christine Barck	Finland	14.42

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)

• Finland (1)
• Hungary (1)

• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)

• Soviet Union (3)
• West Germany (2)

References

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