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.

Medalists

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

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	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

Semifinals

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

Final

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