1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 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

The women's 3000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Nina Holmén Finland
Silver	Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union
Bronze	Joyce Smith United Kingdom

Results

Final

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nina Holmén	Finland	8:55.10	CR NR
	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	8:56.09
	Joyce Smith	United Kingdom	8:57.39
4	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	8:58.95	NR
5	Paola Cacchi	Italy	9:01.40
6	Bronisława Ludwichowska	Poland	9:05.14	NR
7	Ann Ford	United Kingdom	9:06.89
8	Tamara Pangelova	Soviet Union	9:10.56
9	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	9:16.6
10	Renata Pentlinowska	Poland	9:22.8
11	Eva Gustafsson	Sweden	9:24.2
12	Rumyana Chavdarova	Bulgaria	9:31.0
13	Sonja Castelein	Belgium	9:31.2
14	Marijke Moser	Switzerland	9:32.8
15	Carmen Valero	Spain	9:35.4
16	Urszula Prasek	Poland	9:48.4
	Gudrun Hoday	West Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Finland (1)

• Italy (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (1)

• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)

• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (1)