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

Medalists Gold Ingrid Mickler Silver Meta Antenen Bronze Heide Rosendahl

Results

Final 14 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ingrid Mickler 6.76<br/ >(w: 1.8 m/s) CR Meta Antenen 6.73<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) NR Heide Rosendahl 6.66 4 Sheila Sherwood 6.62<br/ >(w: 1.2 m/s) 5 Irena Szewińska 6.62<br/ >(w: 1.3 m/s) 6 Viorica Viscopoleanu 6.39<br/ >(w: 1.3 m/s) 7 Christa Herzog 6.38 8 Barbara-Anne Barrett 6.31 9 Margrit Olfert 6.29 10 Diana Yorgova 6.07<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 11 Birgitta Larsson 6.06<br/ >(w: 1.2 m/s) 12 Radojka Francoti 6.05

Qualification 13 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Sheila Sherwood 6.41 Q 2 Ingrid Mickler 6.40 Q 3 Christa Herzog 6.40 Q 4 Heide Rosendahl 6.40 Q 5 Irena Szewińska 6.31 Q 6 Meta Antenen 6.28 Q 7 Margrit Olfert 6.25 Q 8 Barbara-Anne Barrett 6.23 q 9 Viorica Viscopoleanu 6.17 q 10 Radojka Francoti 6.12 q 11 Birgitta Larsson 6.09 q 12 Diana Yorgova 6.09 q 13 Sieglinde Ammann 6.03 14 Tuula Rautanen 6.01 15 Hannah Kleinpeter 5.74 16 Margaret Murphy 5.73 17 Jarmila Strejčková 5.66

Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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