| Final 18:35 | time | | 1. Marjorie Jackson |  AUS | 11.5s | | 2. Daphne Hasenjager |  SAF | 11.8s | | 3. Shirley Strickland | AUS | 11.9s | | 4. Winsome Cripps | AUS | 11.9s | | 5. Maria Sander |  GER | 12.0s | | 6. Mae Faggs |  USA | 12.1s |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | 56 competitors from -- nations. |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Marjorie Jackson | AUS | 11.5s | | 2. Winsome Cripps | AUS | 12.0s | | 3. Mae Faggs | USA | 12.1s | | 4. Nadezda Hnykina |  URS | 12.1s | | 5. Marga Petersen | GER | 12.1s | | -. Francina Blankers-Koen |  NED | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Daphne Hasenjager | SAF | 11.9s | | 2. Shirley Strickland | AUS | 11.9s | | 3. Maria Sander | GER | 12.0s | | 4. Bertha Brouwer | NED | 12.1s | | 5. Vera Kalashnikova | URS | 12.1s | | 6. Helga Klein | GER | 12.3s |
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| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Marjorie Jackson | AUS | 11.6s | | 2. Marga Petersen | GER | 12.0s | | 3. Bertha Brouwer | NED | 12.0s | | 4. Giuseppina Leone |  ITA | 12.2s | | 5. Heather Armitage |  GBR | 12.3s | | 6. Tzvetana Berkovska |  BUL | 12.3s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Maria Sander | GER | 12.0s | | 2. Francina Blankers-Koen | NED | 12.0s | | 3. Mae Faggs | USA | 12.0s | | 4. Irina Turova | URS | 12.1s | | 5. Eleanor Mckenzie |  CAN | 12.1s | | 6. Yvette Monginou |  FRA | 12.4s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Daphne Hasenjager | SAF | 12.0s | | 2. Vera Kalashnikova | URS | 12.1s | | 3. Winsome Cripps | AUS | 12.1s | | 4. June Foulds | GBR | 12.3s | | 5. Janet Morreau | USA | 12.5s | | 6. Anna-Lisa Augustsson |  SWE | 12.5s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Nadezda Hnykina | URS | 12.0s | | 2. Helga Klein | GER | 12.0s | | 3. Shirley Strickland | AUS | 12.0s | | 4. Catherine Hardy | USA | 12.1s | | 5. Edna Maskell | SAF | 12.2s | | 6. Liliana Tagliaferri | ITA | 12.9s |
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Heats - Monday 21.07 15:30 |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Winsome Cripps | AUS | 12.0s | | 2. Tzvetana Berkovska | BUL | 12.2s | | 3. Lilian Heinz |  ARG | 12.7s | | 4. Ulla Pokki |  FIN | 12.7s | | 5. Nilima Ghose |  IND | 13.6s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Mae Faggs | USA | 12.1s | | 2. Liliana Tagliaferri | ITA | 12.6s | | 3. Lazl³n© Bartha |  HUN | 12.9s | | 4. Elzbieta Bocian |  POL | 12.9s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Bertha Brouwer | NED | 12.0s | | 2. Irina Turova | URS | 12.0s | | 3. Vittoria Cesarini | ITA | 12.3s | | 4. Pui Wah Tang |  SIN | 13.8s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Helga Klein | GER | 12.1s | | 2. Heather Armitage | GBR | 12.3s | | 3. Lilian Buglia | ARG | 12.3s | | 4. Alexandrina Sicoe |  ROM | 12.8s | | 5. Leena Sipil¤ | FIN | 13.4s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Maria Sander | GER | 12.2s | | 2. Anna-Lisa Augustsson | SWE | 12.4s | | 3. Rosella Thorne | CAN | 12.5s | | 4. Gyul”n© R”khely | HUN | 12.6s | | 5. Ayako Yoshikawa |  JPN | 12.6s |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 12.2s | | 2. Janet Morreau | USA | 12.5s | | 3. Neeltje B¼ch | NED | 12.6s | | 4. Jorun Askersrud Tangen |  NOR | 13.0s | | 5. Sonja Pr©t“t |  SUI | 14.7s |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Catherine Hardy | USA | 11.9s | | 2. June Foulds | GBR | 12.1s | | 3. Alberte De Campou | FRA | 12.2s | | 4. Helena Cardoso de Menezes |  BRA | 12.5s | | 5. Ana Fontan | ARG | 12.9s |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Marjorie Jackson | AUS | 11.6s | | 2. Yvette Monginou | FRA | 12.3s | | 3. Luella Law | CAN | 12.4s | | 4. Thelma Jones |  BER | 12.5s |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Shirley Strickland | AUS | 12.0s | | 2. Vera Kalashnikova | URS | 12.2s | | 3. Quita Shivas | GBR | 12.5s | | 4. Ema Konrad | ROM | 13.0s | | 5. Mary D'Souza | IND | 13.1s |
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Daphne Hasenjager | SAF | 11.9s | | 2. Eleanor Mckenzie | CAN | 12.2s | | 3. Nell Sj¶strom | SWE | 12.4s | | 4. Ibolya Tilkovszki | HUN | 12.4s | | 5. Phyllis Jones | BER | 13.3s |
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. Fancina Blankers-Koen | NED | 11.9s | | 2. Marga Petersen | GER | 12.0s | | 3. Denise Laborie | FRA | 12.6s | | 4. Graviola Ewing |  GUA | 13.0s |
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. Edna Maskell | SAF | 11.9s | | 2. Nadezda Hnykina | URS | 12.0s | | 3. Hyacinth Walters |  JAM | 12.4s | | 4. Elfriede Steurer |  AUT | 12.7s | | 5. Agneta Hannertz | SWE | 12.8s |
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