1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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
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

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974.^[1]

Gold	Doris Maletzki Renate Stecher Christina Heinich Bärbel Eckert  East Germany
Silver	Elfgard Schittenhelm Annegret Kroniger Annegret Richter Inge Helten  West Germany
Bronze	Ewa Długołęcka Danuta Jędrejek Barbara Bakulin Irena Szewińska  Poland

8 September

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	3	East Germany	Doris Maletzki Renate Stecher Christina Heinich Bärbel Eckert	42.51	WR
	5	West Germany	Elfgard Schittenhelm Annegret Kroniger Annegret Richter Inge Helten	42.75	NR
	4	Poland	Ewa Długołęcka Danuta Jędrejek Barbara Bakulin Irena Szewińska	43.48
4	2	Great Britain	Linda Barratt Denise Ramsden Helen Golden Andrea Lynch	43.94
5	1	France	Nadine Goletto Catherine Delachanal Nicole Pani Sylviane Telliez	44.18	NR
6	6	Hungary	Judit Szabó Ildiko Szabó Zsuzsa Karoly Iren Orosz	44.51	NR
7	8	Italy	Maura Gnecchi Adriana Carli Laura Nappi Cecilia Molinari	44.56	NR
	7	Soviet Union		DNS

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.