1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Irena Szewińska Poland
Silver	Renate Stecher East Germany
Bronze	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Finland

Results

Final

6 September Wind: -2.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irena Szewińska	Poland	22.51	CR
	Renate Stecher	East Germany	22.68
	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	23.17
4	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	23.31
5	Helen Golden	Great Britain	23.38
6	Annegret Kroniger	West Germany	23.38
7	Christiane Krause	West Germany	23.78
8	Petra Kandarr	East Germany	23.99

Semi-finals

6 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	23.01	Q
2	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	23.35	Q
3	Christiane Krause	West Germany	23.49	Q
4	Helen Golden	Great Britain	23.54	Q
5	Barbara Bakulin	Poland	23.81
6	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	23.86
7	Doris Maletzki	East Germany	24.07
8	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	24.29

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Szewińska	Poland	22.88	Q
2	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	23.17	Q
3	Annegret Kroniger	West Germany	23.29	Q
4	Petra Kandarr	East Germany	23.50	Q
5	Ildiko Szabó	Hungary	23.97
6	Sharon Colyear	Great Britain	23.98
7	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	24.03
8	Marina Sidorova	Soviet Union	24.66

Heats

4 September

Heat 1

Wind: 1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	23.13	Q
2	Petra Kandarr	East Germany	23.44	Q
3	Christiane Krause	West Germany	23.51	Q
4	Barbara Bakulin	Poland	23.56	q
5	Ildiko Szabó	Hungary	23.78	q

Heat 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	23.35	Q
2	Marina Sidorova	Soviet Union	23.55	Q
3	Annegret Kroniger	West Germany	23.55	Q
4	Helen Golden	Great Britain	24.02	q
5	Laura Nappi	Italy	24.22

Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	23.45	Q
2	Irena Szewińska	Poland	23.87	Q
3	Elvira Possekel	West Germany	24.08	Q
4	Sharon Colyear	Great Britain	24.14	q
5	Sylviane Telliez	France	24.41

Heat 4

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doris Maletzki	East Germany	23.77	Q
2	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	23.84	Q
3	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	24.00	Q
4	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	24.22
5	Emma Sulter	France	33.92

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)