1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

Events at the 1974 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
3000 m				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

The women's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, 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: -2.8m/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	United Kingdom	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: -0.2m/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	United Kingdom	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: 0m/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 Erdelyi	Hungary	23.97
6	Sharon Colyear	United Kingdom	23.98
7	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	24.03
8	Marina Sidorova	Soviet Union	24.66

Heats

4 September

Heat 1

Wind: 1m/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 Erdelyi	Hungary	23.78	q

Heat 2

Wind: -1.2m/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	United Kingdom	24.02	q
5	Laura Nappi	Italy	24.22

Heat 3

Wind: 0m/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	United Kingdom	24.14	q
5	Sylviane Telliez	France	24.41

Heat 4

Wind: -1.5m/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	United Kingdom	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)

• United Kingdom (3)
• West Germany (3)