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 Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.^[1]

Gold	Nina Holmén  Finland
Silver	Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union
Bronze	Joyce Smith  Great Britain

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nina Holmén	Finland	8:55.10	CR NR
	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	8:56.09
	Joyce Smith	Great Britain	8:57.39
4	Natalia Mărăşescu	Romania	8:58.95	NR
5	Paola Pigni	Italy	9:01.40
6	Bronisława Ludwichowska	Poland	9:05.14	NR
7	Ann Ford	Great Britain	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

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