1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

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
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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
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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.^[1]

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

2 September

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

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

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

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

3 September

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

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

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