# 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.

## 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Wind: -1.2 m/s |