1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.

Women's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	2 September (heats) 3 September (semifinals & final)
Competitors	23 from 12 nations
Winning time	11.13
Medalists
Irena Szewińska   Poland   Renate Stecher   East Germany   Andrea Lynch   Great Britain

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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

Results

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.54	Q
2	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.76	Q
3	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.81	Q
4	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	11.95	q
5	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	11.95
6	Brigitte Haest	Austria	12.03
			Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.39	Q
2	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.54	Q
3	Bärbel Eckert	East Germany	11.63	Q
4	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	11.75	q
5	Rita Bottiglieri	Italy	12.08
6	Judit Szabó	Hungary	12.40
			Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	11.31	CR, Q
2	Inge Helten	West Germany	11.56	Q
3	Helen Golden	Great Britain	11.67	Q
4	Zsuzsa Karoly	Hungary	12.22
5	Sylviane Telliez	France	12.98
			Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	11.39	Q
2	Annegret Richter	West Germany	11.41	Q
3	Christina Heinich	East Germany	11.58	Q
4	Tatyana Chernikova	Soviet Union	11.79	q
5	Danuta Jędrejek	Poland	11.92	q
6	Laura Nappi	Italy	12.01
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	11.34	Q
2	Annegret Richter	West Germany	11.34	Q
3	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.38	Q
4	Christina Heinich	East Germany	11.48	Q
5	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	11.53
6	Helen Golden	Great Britain	11.59
7	Tatyana Chernikova	Soviet Union	11.75
8	Danuta Jędrejek	Poland	11.90
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.15	CR, NR, Q
2	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.35	Q
3	Bärbel Eckert	East Germany	11.43	Q
4	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	11.46	Q
5	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	11.49
6	Inge Helten	West Germany	11.65
7	Wilma van den Berg	Netherlands	11.70
8	Linda Haglund	Sweden	11.72
			Wind: -1.3 m/s

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irena Szewińska	Poland	11.13	CR, NR
	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.23
	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	11.28
4	Lyudmila Maslakova	Soviet Union	11.36
5	Annegret Richter	West Germany	11.36
6	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	Finland	11.42
7	Bärbel Eckert	East Germany	11.46
8	Christina Heinich	East Germany	11.63
			Wind: -1.2 m/s