The Senior women's race at the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Monza, Italy, at the Mirabello Racecourse on March 16, 1974. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (4 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paola Pigni 12:42 Nina Holmén 12:47.6 Rita Ridley 12:54 4 Ann Yeoman 12:58.6 5 Pirjo Vihonen 13:02 6 Bronisława Ludwichowska 13:03.2 7 Joyce Smith 13:04.4 8 Mary Stewart 13:05.6 9 Carmen Valero 13:13.4 10 Margherita Gargano 13:14.8 11 Josee van Santberghe 13:18.6 12 Clara Choate 13:20.8 13 Silvana Cruciata 13:21.8 14 Carol Gould 13:23.8 15 Christine Tranter 13:24.2 16 Sinikka Tyynelä 13:25 17 Marleen Mols 13:28.8 18 Joëlle De Brouwer 13:29.8 19 Maria Paz de Lucas 13:30.2 20 Christa Kofferschläger 13:31 21 Charlotte Teske 13:31.8 22 Glynis Goodburn 13:31.8 23 Deirdre Foreman 13:32.8 24 Renata Pentlinowska 13:33 25 Magda Versluys 13:33.6 26 Bruna Lovisolo 13:34.2 27 Julie Brown 13:34.8 28 Cheryl Bridges 13:36.8 29 Mary Lynch 13:37.8 30 Joëlle Audibert 13:38.4 31 Katy McIntyre 13:38.6 32 Urszula Prasek 13:39.2 33 Christine Haskett 13:39.6 34 Christine Klemme 13:40.8 35 Catherine Bultez 13:42.8 36 Danuta Siemieniuk 13:43.8 37 Celina Magala 13:44 38 Irja Pettinen 13:45 39 Margaret Coomber 13:50.4 40 Brenda Webb 13:53.2 41 Christel Rosenthal 13:53.4 42 Françoise Papelard 13:55 43 Moire O'Boyle 13:57.4 44 Maria Steels 13:58 45 Vicki Foltz 14:01 46 Ann Cumming 14:02 47 Waltraud Egger 14:03.6 48 Veronica Sherry 14:05 49 Vera Kemper 14:05.4 50 Begona Zuñiga 14:09.4 51 Françoise Nicolas 14:12.8 52 Montserrat Abello 14:13.1 53 Anne-Marie Saugnac 14:13.2 54 Bronwen Smith 14:13.4 55 Encarnación Escudero 14:13.6 56 Renate Kieninger 14:13.8 57 Giovanna Leone 14:17.8 58 Sheelagh Morrissey 14:20.2 59 Ewa Kuty 14:20.4 60 Jean Lochhead 14:20.6 61 Arlene Pursglove 14:27 62 Pilar San Martin 14:36.4 63 Palm Gunstone 14:54.2 64 Bernadette van Roy 14:57.6 65 Marie Mellerick 14:59.8 66 Delyth Davies 15:03 67 Ann Roblin 15:18.4 68 Ann Disley 15:20.4 69 Anna Klemenjak 17:00.2

Teams Rank Team Points Rita Ridley 3 Ann Yeoman 4 Joyce Smith 7 Carol Gould 14 (Christine Tranter) (15) (Glynis Goodburn) (22) 28 Paola Cacchi 1 Margherita Gargano 10 Silvana Cruciata 13 Bruna Lovisolo 26 (Waltraud Egger) (47) (Giovanna Leone) (57) 50 Nina Holmén 2 Pirjo Vihonen 5 Sinikka Tyynelä 16 Irja Pettinen 38 61 4 Josee van Santberghe 11 Marleen Mols 17 Magda Versluys 25 Maria Steels 44 (Bernadette van Roy) (64) 97 5 Clara Choate 12 Julie Brown 27 Cheryl Bridges 28 Katy McIntyre 31 (Brenda Webb) (40) (Vicki Foltz) (45) 98 6 Bronislawa Ludwichowska 6 Renata Pentlinowska 24 Urszula Prasek 32 Danuta Siemieniuk 36 (Celina Magala) (37) (Ewa Kuty) (59) 98 7 Christa Kofferschläger 20 Charlotte Teske 21 Christine Klemme 34 Christel Rosenthal 41 (Vera Kemper) (49) (Renate Kieninger) (56) 116 8 Mary Stewart 8 Christine Haskett 33 Margaret Coomber 39 Moire O'Boyle 43 (Arlene Pursglove) (61) (Palm Gunstone) (63) 123 9 Joëlle De Brouwer 18 Joëlle Audibert 30 Catherine Bultez 35 Françoise Papelard 42 (Françoise Nicolas) (51) (Anne-Marie Saugnac) (53) 125 10 Carmen Valero 9 Maria Paz de Lucas 19 Begona Zuñiga 50 Montserrat Abello 52 (Encarnación Escudero) (55) (Pilar San Martin) (62) 130 11 Deirdre Foreman 23 Mary Lynch 29 Ann Cumming 46 Veronica Sherry 48 (Sheelagh Morrissey) (58) (Marie Mellerick) (65) 146 12 Bronwen Smith 54 Jean Lochhead 60 Delyth Davies 66 Ann Roblin 67 (Ann Disley) (68) 247 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 69 athletes from 13 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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