1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Lilyana Todorova Bulgaria
Silver	Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany
Bronze	Mariana Suman Romania

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lilyana Todorova	Bulgaria	1:58.14	CR
	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	1:58.81	NR
	Mariana Suman	Romania	1:59.84
4	Marie-Françoise Dubois	France	1:59.94	NR
5	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:00.10
6	Nina Morgunova	Soviet Union	2:00.76
7	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	2:01.37
8	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:01.48

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mariana Suman	Romania	2:00.2	Q
2	Marie-Françoise Dubois	France	2:00.3	NR Q
3	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:00.8	Q
4	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:01.5	Q
5	Waltraud Pöhland	East Germany	2:01.9
6	Mary Purcell	Ireland	2:04.0
7	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:04.1
8	Rosemary Wright	Great Britain	2:04.9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	2:03.0	Q
2	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	2:03.1	Q
3	Lilyana Todorova	Bulgaria	2:03.3	Q
4	Nina Morgunova	Soviet Union	2:03.6	Q
5	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	2:04.1
6	Lesley Kiernan	Great Britain	2:05.4
	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	DNS
	Gunilla Lindh	Sweden	DNS

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marie-Françoise Dubois	France	2:01.2	Q
2	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	2:01.4	Q
3	Mariana Suman	Romania	2:01.5	Q
4	Nina Morgunova	Soviet Union	2:01.7	Q
5	Mary Purcell	Ireland	2:02.8	q
6	Birgitte Jennes	Denmark	2:09.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	2:02.6	Q
2	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	2:02.7	Q
3	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	2:02.9	Q
4	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:03.2	Q
5	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	2:03.6	q
6	Rosemary Wright	Great Britain	2:03.9	q

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lilyana Todorova	Bulgaria	2:02.1	Q
2	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:02.2	Q
3	Waltraud Pöhland	East Germany	2:02.3	Q
4	Gunilla Lindh	Sweden	2:02.3	NR Q
5	Lesley Kiernan	Great Britain	2:02.8	q
6	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:04.7

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.