1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

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
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's shot put at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.^[1]

Gold	Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union
Silver	Marianne Adam  East Germany
Bronze	Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	20.78	CR
	Marianne Adam	East Germany	20.43
	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	20.33
4	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	19.17
5	Ludwika Chewińska	Poland	18.98
6	Marita Lange	East Germany	18.60
7	Elena Stoyanova	Bulgaria	18.48
8	Svetlana Krachevskaya	Soviet Union	18.27
9	Yelena Korableva	Soviet Union	18.17
10	Radostina Bakhchevanova	Bulgaria	17.97
11	Cinzia Petrucci	Italy	14.97

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.