# 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)