1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hildegard Falck West Germany	Ileana Silai Romania	Rosemary Stirling Great Britain

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:06.0	Q, NR
2	1	Hildegard Falck	West Germany	2:06.1	Q
3	1	Claire Walsh	Ireland	2:07.4
4	1	Magdolna Kulcsár	Hungary	2:08.4
1	2	Donata Govoni	Italy	2:09.6	Q
2	2	Colette Besson	France	2:10.2	Q
3	2	Rosemarie Klute	West Germany	2:10.6
4	2	Marie Otova	Czechoslovakia	2:11.0
5	2	Dzhena Bineva	Bulgaria	2:12.1
1	3	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	2:07.9	Q
2	3	Rosemary Stirling	Great Britain	2:08.8	Q
3	3	María Fuentes	Spain	2:10.6
4	3	Vesela Tasheva	Bulgaria	2:11.1
5	3	Hannelore Heyn	West Germany	2:12.7

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hildegard Falck	West Germany	2:06.1
	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:06.5
	Rosemary Stirling	Great Britain	2:06.6
4	Colette Besson	France	2:07.5
5	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	2:08.1
6	Donata Govoni	Italy	2:09.2