1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The women's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.^[1]

Gold	Faina Melnik  Soviet Union
Silver	Liesel Westermann  West Germany
Bronze	Lyudmila Muravyova  Soviet Union

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	64.22	WR
	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	61.68
	Lyudmila Muravyova	Soviet Union	59.48
4	Argentina Menis	Romania	59.04
5	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	58.28
6	Olimpia Cataramă	Romania	57.22
7	Anni Mickler	East Germany	57.00
8	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	56.20
9	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	55.06
10	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	54.48
11	Judit Abaházi	Hungary	51.88
12	Rosemary Payne	Great Britain	50.20

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Tamara Danilova	Soviet Union	57.52	Q
2	Lyudmila Muravyova	Soviet Union	56.84	Q
3	Argentina Menis	Romania	56.38	Q
4	Jolán Kleiber	Hungary	56.12	Q
5	Liesel Westermann	West Germany	55.94	Q
6	Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	55.24	Q
7	Olimpia Cataramă	Romania	55.16	Q
8	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	54.58	q
9	Judit Abaházi	Hungary	54.56	q
10	Anni Mickler	East Germany	53.76	q
11	Christine Spielberg	East Germany	53.44	q
12	Rosemary Payne	Great Britain	52.98	q
13	Lia Manoliu	Romania	52.26
14	Judit Bognár	Hungary	52.12
15	Karin Illgen	East Germany	50.60
16	Despina Kafenidou	Greece	47.30

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.