1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 50 metres

The women's 50 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sofka Popova Bulgaria	Linda Haglund Sweden	Marita Koch East Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	6.20	Q, CR
2	2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	6.20	Q, CR
3	3	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	6.21	Q
4	1	Marita Koch	East Germany	6.26	Q
5	4	Ingrid Auerswald	East Germany	6.26	Q
6	2	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	6.27	q
7	2	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	6.27	q
8	3	Marisa Masullo	Italy	6.31	Q
9	3	Laureen Beckles	France	6.34	q
10	1	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	6.35	Q
11	1	Christina Sussiek	West Germany	6.39	q
12	3	Lena Möller	Sweden	6.40
12	4	Monika Hirsch	West Germany	6.40	Q
14	4	Laurence Bily	France	6.42
15	1	Liliane Meganck	Belgium	6.45
15	3	Dijana Sokač	Yugoslavia	6.45
17	1	Odile Madkaud	France	6.46
18	3	Lidiya Gusheva	Bulgaria	6.48
19	1	Brigitte Haest	Austria	6.52
20	4	Lena Wallin	Sweden	6.63
	2	Karoline Käfer	Austria	DNS
	2	Lisbeth Pedersen	Denmark	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	6.17	Q, CR
2	2	Marita Koch	East Germany	6.19	Q
3	1	Ingrid Auerswald	East Germany	6.20	Q
4	1	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	6.21	Q
5	1	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	6.24	Q
6	2	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	6.25	Q
7	1	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	6.28
8	2	Laureen Beckles	France	6.29
9	1	Monika Hirsch	West Germany	6.32
9	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	6.32
9	2	Christina Sussiek	West Germany	6.32
12	1	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	6.33	NR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sofka Popova	Bulgaria	6.17	=CR
	Linda Haglund	Sweden	6.17	=CR
	Marita Koch	East Germany	6.19
4	Ingrid Auerswald	East Germany	6.20
5	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	6.22
6	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	6.30