# 1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* East Germany (3)
* France (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

10 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.84 | Q |
| 2 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.85 | Q |
| 3 | Monika Meyer | East Germany | 11.86 | Q |
| 4 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 11.88 | Q |
| 5 | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 12.10 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.53 | Q |
| 2 | Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 11.68 | Q |
| 3 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.73 | Q |
| 4 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 11.79 | Q |
| 5 | Elizabeth Johns | Great Britain | 11.86 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | 11.56 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 11.82 | Q |
| 3 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 11.90 | Q |
| 4 | Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 11.92 | Q |
| 5 | Helga Kapfer | Austria | 11.99 | |
| 6 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 12.07 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.9 m/s | Wind: -0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.42 | CR Q |
| 2 | Inge Helten | West Germany | 11.66 | Q |
| 3 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 11.91 | Q |
| 4 | Helena Fliśnik | Poland | 11.97 | Q |
| | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

### Semi-finals

11 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | 11.53 | Q |
| 2 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.56 | Q |
| 3 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.75 | Q |
| 4 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.78 | Q |
| 5 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 11.92 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 11.94 | |
| 7 | Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 12.00 | |
| | Sylviane Telliez | France | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -1.1 m/s | Wind: -1.1 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.50 | Q |
| 2 | Inge Helten | West Germany | 11.61 | Q |
| 3 | Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 11.68 | Q |
| 4 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.70 | Q |
| 5 | Monika Meyer | East Germany | 11.78 | |
| 6 | Helena Fliśnik | Poland | 11.97 | |
| 7 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 12.05 | |
| | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

### Final

11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.35 | CR |
| | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | 11.46 | |
| | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.51 | |
| 4 | Inge Helten | West Germany | 11.55 | |
| 5 | Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 11.59 | |
| 6 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.63 | |
| 7 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.71 | |
| 8 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.75 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |