1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany
Silver	Lilyana Todorova Bulgaria
Bronze	Grete Andersen Norway

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:02.25	CR NR
	Lilyana Todorova	Bulgaria	4:04.97	NR
	Grete Andersen	Norway	4:05.21	NR
4	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	4:05.94
5	Tamara Pangelova	Soviet Union	4:09.93
6	Ulrike Klapezynski	East Germany	4:10.54
7	Carmen Valero	Spain	4:11.61	NJR NR
8	Joyce Smith	Great Britain	4:12.26
9	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:12.7
10	Ellen Wellmann	West Germany	4:16.3
11	Gunilla Lindh	Sweden	4:17.5
	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	DNS

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:11.7	Q
2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:12.1	Q
3	Tamara Pangelova	Soviet Union	4:12.8	Q
4	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	4:14.1
5	Rumyana Chavdarova	Bulgaria	4:15.1
6	Czesława Surdel	Poland	4:18.7
7	Wenche Sorum	Norway	4:19.3
8	Loa Olafsson	Denmark	4:28.0
9	Sylvia Schenk	West Germany	4:30.1

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	4:11.4	Q
2	Lilyana Todorova	Bulgaria	4:11.5	Q
3	Ellen Wellmann	West Germany	4:11.5	Q
4	Gunilla Lindh	Sweden	4:11.5	q
5	Ulrike Klapezynski	East Germany	4:11.7	q
6	Carmen Valero	Spain	4:13.0	NR q
7	Sonja Castelein	Belgium	4:13.2	NR
8	Nina Holmén	Finland	4:14.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grete Andersen	Norway	4:11.5	Q
2	Joyce Smith	Great Britain	4:12.0	Q
3	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	4:13.2	Q
4	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	4:14.7
5	Mary Purcell	Ireland	4:15.1	NR
6	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	4:17.8
7	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	4:22.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (3)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (2)