1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Rosemarie Witschas East Germany
Silver	Milada Karbanová Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Sara Simeoni Italy

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rosemarie Witschas	East Germany	1.95	WR
	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.91	NR
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	1.89	NR
4	Rita Kirst	East Germany	1.89
5	Miroslava Hübnerová	Czechoslovakia	1.86
6	Galina Filatova	Soviet Union	1.86
7	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	1.83
8	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	1.83
9	Marie-Christine Debourse	France	1.83
10	Annemieke Bouma	Netherlands	1.83
11	Karin Wagner	West Germany	1.83
12	Virginia Ioan	Romania	1.80
13	Tamara Galka	Soviet Union	1.75
14	Ruth Watt	United Kingdom	1.70
14	Barbara Lawton	United Kingdom	1.70

Qualification

6 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rosemarie Witschas	East Germany	1.80	Q
	Karin Wagner	West Germany	1.80	Q
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	1.80	Q
	Marie-Christine Debourse	France	1.80	Q
	Rita Kirst	East Germany	1.80	Q
	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	1.80	Q
	Virginia Ioan	Romania	1.80	Q
	Tamara Galka	Soviet Union	1.80	Q
	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	1.80	Q
	Ruth Watt	United Kingdom	1.80	Q
	Galina Filatova	Soviet Union	1.80	Q
	Annemieke Bouma	Netherlands	1.80	Q
	Barbara Lawton	United Kingdom	1.80	Q
	Miroslava Hübnerová	Czechoslovakia	1.80	Q
	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	1.80	Q
	Astrid Tveit	Norway	1.78
	Valerie Harrison	United Kingdom	1.78
	Grith Ejstrup	Denmark	1.75
	Stanka Valkanova	Bulgaria	1.75
	Ann-Ewa Karlsson	Sweden	1.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (2)

• France (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)

• Norway (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)

• Sweden (1)
• United Kingdom (3)
• West Germany (2)