The invention discloses a fluorine modified lanthanum manganese composite oxide SCR denitration catalyst and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of denitration catalysts. The technical problem to be solved by the invention is that the current manganese-based catalyst is poor in sulfur resistance and water resistance. The catalyst is prepared from a fluorine element and LaMnO3 according to a certain weight ratio, the fluorine element is uniformly distributed on the surface of LaMnO3, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: synthesizing LaMnO3 by using lanthanum nitrate, manganese nitrate and anhydrous citric acid as raw materials and adopting a citric acid sol-gel method, and then preparing the fluorine-modified lanthanum manganate catalyst by adopting a mechanical mixing method or an impregnation method. The SCR denitration active temperature window is wide, meanwhile, the good sulfur resistance and water resistance are achieved, the preparation process is simple, the requirement for equipment is low, the used raw materials are common chemical reagents, the source is wide, the price is low, the raw materials are easy to obtain, and industrial production is easy.