1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Brigitte Rohde Waltraud Dietsch Angelika Handt Ellen Streidt East Germany
Silver	Marika Eklund Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Häggman Riitta Salin Finland
Bronze	Inta Kļimoviča Ingrīda Barkāne Nadezhda Ilyina Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Brigitte Rohde Waltraud Dietsch Angelika Handt Ellen Streidt	3:25.2	CR
	Finland	Marika Eklund Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Häggman Riitta Salin	3:25.7	NR
	Soviet Union	Inta Kļimoviča Ingrīda Barkāne Nadezhda Ilyina Natalya Sokolova	3:26.1	NR
4	Poland	Genowefa Błaszak Krystyna Kacperczyk Danuta Piecyk Irena Szewińska	3:26.4	NR
5	West Germany	Dagmar Fuhrmann Elke Barth Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden	3:27.9
6	Great Britain	Ruth Kennedy Jannette Roscoe Verona Bernard Donna Hartley	3:29.6
7	Romania	Ibolya Slavic Alexandra Badescu Lăcrămioara Diaconiuc Mariana Suman	3:30.8	NR
8	Czechoslovakia	Eva Štefková Jindřiška Heřmanská Eva Kovalčíková Jozefína Čerchlanová	3:36.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (4)
• East Germany (4)
• Finland (4)
• Poland (4)
• Romania (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Great Britain (4)
• West Germany (4)