The women's 400 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.
Results Heats 10 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rita Kühne 53.17 Q 2 Colette Besson 53.18 Q 3 Anette Rückes 53.56 Q 4 Karin Lundgren 53.77 Q 5 Svetla Zlateva 54.03 6 Mariana Suman 54.33 7 Bożena Zientarska 55.04
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Helga Seidler 52.70 Q 2 Inge Bödding 53.01 Q 3 Natalya Chistyakova 53.18 Q 4 Marianne Burggraaf 53.57 Q 5 Bernadette Martin 53.72 6 Danuta Piecyk 54.30 7 Stefka Yordanova 55.14
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marika Eklund 54.35 Q 2 Christel Frese 54.42 Q 3 Karoline Käfer 54.48 Q 4 Elisabeth Randerz 54.50 Q 5 Krystyna Hryniewicka 54.67 6 Lyubov Aksenova 54.91 7 Josefina Salgado 56.27
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ingelore Lohse 53.34 Q 2 Maria Sykora 53.49 Q 3 Mona-Lisa Strandvall 53.69 Q 4 Jannette Roscoe 53.95 Q 5 Nadezhda Kolesnikova 54.35 6 Eva-Charlotte Malmström 54.65 7 Ingunn Einarsdóttir 1:00.33
Semi-finals 11 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Helga Seidler 52.77 Q 2 Colette Besson 52.88 Q 3 Marika Eklund 53.11 Q 4 Natalya Chistyakova 53.16 Q 5 Karoline Käfer 53.70 6 Marianne Burggraaf 53.77 7 Karin Lundgren 53.95 8 Anette Rückes 54.36
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ingelore Lohse 52.99 Q 2 Inge Bödding 53.16 Q 3 Maria Sykora 53.27 Q 4 Rita Kühne 53.75 Q 5 Mona-Lisa Strandvall 54.03 6 Christel Frese 54.11 7 Jannette Roscoe 54.59 8 Elisabeth Randerz 54.88
Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Helga Seidler 52.14 NR Inge Bödding 52.90 Ingelore Lohse 52.93 4 Maria Sykora 53.01 5 Natalya Chistyakova 53.19 6 Marika Eklund 53.35 7 Colette Besson 53.70 8 Rita Kühne 53.91
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