1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Karin Balzer East Germany	Anneliese Ehrhardt East Germany	Teresa Sukniewicz Poland

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.2	Q, =WB
2	1	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	8.3	Q, NR
3	1	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	8.4	Q
4	1	Miep van Beek	Netherlands	8.6
5	1	Snezhana Yurukova	Bulgaria	8.8
1	2	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	8.4	Q
2	2	Liudmila Ievleva	Soviet Union	8.6	Q
3	2	Manon Bornholdt	West Germany	8.7	Q
4	2	Gunhild Olsson	Sweden	8.7
5	2	Katalin Balogh	Hungary	8.8
1	3	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	8.2	Q, =WB
2	3	Margit Bach	West Germany	8.5	Q
3	3	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.6	Q
4	3	Valentina Tikhomirova	Soviet Union	8.7
5	3	Penka Sokolova	Bulgaria	8.9
6	3	Valeria Biduleac	Romania	8.9
1	4	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.3	Q
2	4	Mieke Sterk	Netherlands	8.5	Q
3	4	Heidi Schüller	West Germany	8.5	Q
4	4	Tatyana Kondrasheva	Soviet Union	8.6
5	4	Carmen Mähr	Austria	8.8
6	4	Elena Mirza	Romania	9.1

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.3	Q
2	1	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.3	Q
3	1	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	8.4	Q
4	1	Margit Bach	West Germany	8.5
5	1	Liudmila Ievleva	Soviet Union	8.6
6	1	Manon Bornholdt	West Germany	8.7
1	2	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	8.2	Q, =WB
2	2	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	8.3	Q, NR
3	2	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	8.5	Q
4	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.5
5	2	Mieke Sterk	Netherlands	8.6
	2	Heidi Schüller	West Germany	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.1	WB
	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	8.1	WB
	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.3
4	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	8.3	=NR
5	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	8.5
6	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	8.9