1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 50 metres

The women's 50 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Renate Stecher   East Germany	Annegret Richter   West Germany	Sylviane Telliez   France

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	6.33	Q, NR
2	4	Annegret Richter	West Germany	6.35	Q
3	3	Inge Helten	West Germany	6.36	Q
4	2	Sylviane Telliez	France	6.37	Q
5	3	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	6.40	Q
6	2	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	6.42	Q
7	3	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	Soviet Union	6.44	q
8	4	Michèle Beugnet	France	6.46	Q
9	1	Madeleine Cobb	Great Britain	6.47	Q
10	4	Irena Szewińska	Poland	6.49	q
11	4	Christine Kepplinger	Austria	6.50	q
12	3	Monika Holzschuster	Austria	6.51	q
13	2	Aurelia Mărăşescu	Romania	6.55
13	3	Tuula Rautanen	Finland	6.55
15	2	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	6.57
16	1	Laura Nappi	Italy	6.59
17	1	Mariana Goth	Romania	6.60
18	4	Galina Mitrokhina	Soviet Union	6.61
19	2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	6.62

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Annegret Richter	West Germany	6.32	Q, =WB
2	1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	6.33	Q, NR
3	2	Sylviane Telliez	France	6.35	Q
4	1	Inge Helten	West Germany	6.39	Q
5	1	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	6.42	Q
6	2	Irena Szewińska	Poland	6.44	Q
7	2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	6.46
8	1	Madeleine Cobb	Great Britain	6.49
9	2	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	Soviet Union	6.50
10	2	Monika Holzschuster	Austria	6.50
11	1	Michèle Beugnet	France	6.52
12	1	Christine Kepplinger	Austria	6.54

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Renate Stecher	East Germany	6.25	WB
	Annegret Richter	West Germany	6.28	NR
	Sylviane Telliez	France	6.31	NR
4	Inge Helten	West Germany	6.34
5	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	6.34
6	Irena Szewińska	Poland	6.39	NR

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 445)