6th Women's Chess Olympiad

The 6th Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place on 15 September to 7 October 1974 in Medellín, Colombia.

Twenty-five nations took part in the women's Olympiad. From five preliminary groups the teams were split into three finals.

The Soviet Union won.

Preliminaries

 * Group 1:


 * Group 2:


 * Group 3:


 * Group 4:


 * Group 5:

Finals

 * {| class="wikitable"

! # !! Country !! Players !! Average rating !! Points !! MP !! Playoff score
 * + Final A
 * style="background:gold;"|1 ||  undefined || Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Irina Levitina || 2380 || 13½ || 14 || 3
 * style="background:silver;"|2 || undefined || Elisabeta Polihroniade, Gertrude Baumstark, Margareta Teodorescu || 2233 || 13½ || 14 || 1
 * style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || 🇧🇬 Bulgaria || Tatjana Lematschko, Antonina Georgieva, Venka Asenova || 2233 || 13 || 14 ||
 * 4 || 🇭🇺 || Mária Ivánka, Zsuzsa Verőci, Mária Porubszky-Angyalosine || 2300 || 13 || 13 ||
 * 5 || || Corry Vreeken, Ada van der Giessen, Erika Belle || 2115 || 9½ ||  ||
 * 6 || || Květa Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová || 2195 || 9 ||  ||
 * 7 || || Milunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner || 2203 || 7½ ||  ||
 * 8 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 || Anne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson || 2068 || 4 || 3 ||
 * 9 || || Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky || 2103 || 4 || 3 ||
 * 10 || 🇨🇦 || Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard || 2033 || 3 || ||
 * }
 * 6 || || Květa Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová || 2195 || 9 ||  ||
 * 7 || || Milunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner || 2203 || 7½ ||  ||
 * 8 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 || Anne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson || 2068 || 4 || 3 ||
 * 9 || || Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky || 2103 || 4 || 3 ||
 * 10 || 🇨🇦 || Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard || 2033 || 3 || ||
 * }
 * 9 || || Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky || 2103 || 4 || 3 ||
 * 10 || 🇨🇦 || Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard || 2033 || 3 || ||
 * }
 * }


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! # !! Country !! Players !! Average rating !! Points !! MP
 * + Final B
 * 11 || 🇪🇸 Spain || Pepita Ferrer Lucas, María del Pino García Padrón, Nieves García Vicente || 1938 || 13½ || 16
 * 12 || 🇮🇱 || Olga Podrazhanskaya, Lea Nudelman || 2105 || 13½ || 16
 * 13 || 🇧🇷 Brazil || Ruth Cardoso, Ivone Moysés, Norma Snitkowsky || 2008 || 11 ||
 * 14 || 🇺🇸 || Mona May Karff, Ruth Herstein, Ruth Haring || 2048|| 10½ ||
 * 15 || 🇸🇪 || Solveig Haraldsson, Jolanta Dahlin, Ingrid Svensson || 2025 || 9½ ||
 * 16 || 🇦🇹 || Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner || 1965 || 8½ ||
 * 17 || 🇨🇴 || Ilse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez || – || 8 ||
 * 18 || 🇫🇮 || Johanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto || 1880|| 6 ||
 * 19 || 🇯🇵 japan || Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai || 1825 || 5 ||
 * 20 || 🇮🇪 || Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice || 1830 || 4½ ||
 * }
 * 16 || 🇦🇹 || Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner || 1965 || 8½ ||
 * 17 || 🇨🇴 || Ilse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez || – || 8 ||
 * 18 || 🇫🇮 || Johanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto || 1880|| 6 ||
 * 19 || 🇯🇵 japan || Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai || 1825 || 5 ||
 * 20 || 🇮🇪 || Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice || 1830 || 4½ ||
 * }
 * 19 || 🇯🇵 japan || Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai || 1825 || 5 ||
 * 20 || 🇮🇪 || Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice || 1830 || 4½ ||
 * }
 * }


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! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP
 * + Final C
 * 21 || 🇲🇽 || Aida Camps de Ocampo, Gloria Vega, Catalina Batres || 7½ ||
 * 22 || undefined || Ruth Rodríguez Ramírez, Sara Castellón de Santana, Dyalma Flores Cortés || 7 ||
 * 23 || 🇮🇶 Iraq || Z. A. Al-Hariry, Shemin Al-Soud, Suad Said Al-Sarraj || 5 || 5
 * 24 || 🇨🇴 "B" || N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler || 5 || 5
 * 25 || 🇲🇨 || Martine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia || 4 ||
 * 26 || 🇵🇦 || Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer || 1½ ||
 * }
 * 24 || 🇨🇴 "B" || N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler || 5 || 5
 * 25 || 🇲🇨 || Martine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia || 4 ||
 * 26 || 🇵🇦 || Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer || 1½ ||
 * }
 * 26 || 🇵🇦 || Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer || 1½ ||
 * }

Final «A»

 * Play-off for gold: Soviet Union-Romania 3-1 (2-0, 1-1)

Individual medals

 * Board 1: Nona Gaprindashvili  10 / 12 = 83.3%
 * Board 2: Nana Alexandria 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
 * Reserve: Irina Levitina 8 / 10 = 80.0%