1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 50 metres
# 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.

## 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 |
