# 1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1971.

## Medalists

| Gold | Heide Rosendahl West Germany |
| Silver | Burglinde Pollak East Germany |
| Bronze | Margrit Olfert East Germany |

## Results
### Final

13/14 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200m | Points | Notes |
| | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | 13.52 | 13.70 | 1.68 | 6.69 (w: 0.5 m/s) | 23.80 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4675 (5299) | CR |
| | Burglinde Pollak | East Germany | 13.34 | 16.11 | 1.64 | 6.10 W (w: 5.1 m/s) | 24.11 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4638 (5275) | |
| | Margrit Olfert | East Germany | 13.56 | 13.96 | 1.64 | 6.50 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 24.17 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4570 (5179) | |
| 4 | Karen Mack | West Germany | 13.91 | 12.78 | 1.74 | 6.01 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 24.22 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4443 (5052) | |
| 5 | Valentina Tikhomirova | Soviet Union | 14.04 | 13.84 | 1.64 | 6.34 W (w: 5.3 m/s) | 25.19 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4375 (4986) | |
| 6 | Odette Ducas | France | 14.53 | 12.53 | 1.66 | 6.50 W (w: 5.1 m/s) | 24.75 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4330 (4926) | NR |
| 7 | Tatyana Kondrasheva | Soviet Union | 13.77 | 12.70 | 1.62 | 5.93 (w: 0.1 m/s) | 24.21 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4289 (4887) | |
| 8 | Margit Papp | Hungary | 14.71 | 13.36 | 1.76 | 6.10 (w: 1.0 m/s) | 26.26 (w: -1.6 m/s) | 4244 (4833) | |
| 9 | Đurđa Fočić | Yugoslavia | 13.97 | 11.36 | 1.70 | 6.00 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 25.32 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4209 (4798) | NR |
| 10 | Margot Eppinger | West Germany | 14.24 | 12.11 | 1.60 | 6.14 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 24.90 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4188 (4786) | |
| 11 | Miep van Beek | Netherlands | 14.02 | 12.23 | 1.66 | 5.73 (w: 1.4 m/s) | 25.31 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4157 (4755) | |
| 12 | Miroslava Březíková | Czechoslovakia | 14.73 | 11.76 | 1.70 | 6.18 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 25.54 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4162 (4754) | |
| 13 | Mieke Sterk | Netherlands | 13.81 | 11.19 | 1.64 | 5.80 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 24.84 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 4155 (4752) | |
| 14 | Jitka Birnbaumová | Czechoslovakia | 14.12 | 12.79 | 1.50 | 5.95 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 24.82 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 4101 (4702) | |
| 15 | Kathrin Lardi | Switzerland | 14.67 | 11.73 | 1.72 | 5.79 (w: 2.0 m/s) | 25.42 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 4111 (4693) | |
| 16 | Roswitha Emonts-Gast | Belgium | 14.46 | 11.40 | 1.72 | 6.75 w (w: 2.2 m/s) | 26.67 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 4005 (4578) | |
| 17 | Florence Picaut | France | 14.76 | 11.63 | 1.66 | 5.88 (w: 1.7 m/s) | 26.52 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 3967 (4541) | |
| 18 | Dorit Würger | Austria | 14.79 | 11.61 | 1.64 | 5.72 (w: 2.0 m/s) | 26.22 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 3931 (4506) | |
| 19 | Hannele Harju | Finland | 15.20 | 9.35 | 1.52 | 6.11 W (w: 4.6 m/s) | 25.88 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 3721 (4279) | |
| 20 | Monique Bantegny | France | 14.76 | 11.34 | 1.62 | NM | 25.83 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 3082 (3575) | |
| | Monika Peikert | East Germany | 14.20 | 13.91 | 1.72 | 5.64 (w: 1.4 m/s) | | DNF | |
| | Nedyalka Angelova | Bulgaria | 14.25 | 13.46 | 1.58 | | | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)