1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jelica Pavličić Yugoslavia	Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union	Waltraud Dietsch East Germany

Held on 9 March.
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Nadezhda Ilyina	Soviet Union	53.03	Q, WB
2	3	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	53.43	Q
3	2	Angelika Handt	East Germany	53.48	Q
4	3	Brigitte Rohde	East Germany	53.66	Q
5	1	Waltraud Dietsch	East Germany	54.12	Q
6	3	Krystyna Kacperczyk	Poland	54.17	q
7	2	Ann Larsson	Sweden	54.20	q
8	1	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	54.52	Q
9	1	Riitta Salin	Finland	54.76
10	3	Nicole Duclos	France	54.83
11	2	Brigitte Koczelnik	West Germany	55.09
12	1	Éliane Jacq	France	55.27

Held on 9 March.
First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Nadezhda Ilyina	Soviet Union	52.44	Q, WB
2	1	Waltraud Dietsch	East Germany	52.77	Q, NR
3	1	Brigitte Rohde	East Germany	52.95
4	2	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	53.00	Q
5	2	Angelika Handt	East Germany	53.05	Q
6	2	Krystyna Kacperczyk	Poland	53.56
7	2	Ann Larsson	Sweden	54.00
8	1	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	55.13

Held on 10 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	52.64	NR
	Nadezhda Ilyina	Soviet Union	52.81
	Waltraud Dietsch	East Germany	52.84
4	Angelika Handt	East Germany	53.51

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