1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 50 metres hurdles

The women's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.^[1]^[2]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Anneliese Ehrhardt East Germany	Teresa Sukniewicz Poland	Grażyna Rabsztyn Poland

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	6.87	Q, WB
2	3	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	7.05	Q, NR
3	1	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	7.09	Q
3	2	Tatyana Poluboyarova	Soviet Union	7.09	Q
5	2	Teresa Nowak	Poland	7.11	Q
6	2	Margit Bach	West Germany	7.14	q, NR
7	3	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	7.15	Q, NR
8	2	Mary Peters	Great Britain	7.17	q, NR
8	4	Carmen Mähr	Austria	7.17	Q, NR
10	3	Ann Wilson	Great Britain	7.22	q
11	3	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	7.23	q
12	4	Ivanka Koshnicharska	Bulgaria	7.26
13	1	Lyubov Kononova	Soviet Union	7.28	Q
14	2	Gunhild Olsson	Sweden	7.29	NR
15	3	Jacqueline André	France	7.31
15	4	Elfriede Meierholz	West Germany	7.31
17	1	Nadine Fricault	France	7.35
18	4	Viera Sláviková	Czechoslovakia	7.40
19	1	Monika Schönauerová	Czechoslovakia	7.41
20	1	Ileana Ongar	Italy	7.45
21	2	Doris Langhans	Austria	7.53

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	6.85	Q, WB
2	1	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	6.98	Q, NR
3	1	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	7.01	Q, NR
4	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	7.04	Q
5	2	Margit Bach	West Germany	7.09	Q, NR
6	1	Teresa Nowak	Poland	7.11
7	2	Carmen Mähr	Austria	7.15	Q, NR
8	1	Mary Peters	Great Britain	7.16	NR
9	2	Tatyana Poluboyarova	Soviet Union	7.17
10	2	Ann Wilson	Great Britain	7.21
11	1	Lyubov Kononova	Soviet Union	7.45
	2	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	6.85	=WB
	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	6.94	NR
	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	7.05
4	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	7.05
5	Margit Bach	West Germany	7.10
6	Carmen Mähr	Austria	7.40