| Final | time | age | | 1. Maureen Caird |  AUS | 10.3s | | 2. Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.4s | | 3. Chi Cheng |  TWN | 10.4s | | 4. Patty van Wolvelaere |  USA | 10.5s | | 5. Karin Balzer |  GDR | 10.6s | | 6. Danuta Straszynska |  POL | 10.6s | | 7. Elzbieta Zebrowska | POL | 10.6s | | 8. Tatyana Talyshova |  URS | 10.7s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Maureen Caird | AUS | 10.5s | | 2. Patty Van Wolvelaere | USA | 10.6s | | 3. Tatjana Talysheva | URS | 10.7s | | 4. Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.8s | | 5. Vera Karsakova | URS | 10.8s | | 6. Teresa Sukniewicz | POL | 10.9s | | 7. Valeria Bufanu |  ROM | 11.0s | | 8. Inge Aigner |  AUT | 11.1s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.4s | | 2. Cheng Chi | TWN | 10.5s | | 3. Danuta Straszynska | POL | 10.5s | | 4. Elzbieta Zebrowska | POL | 10.6s | | 5. Mamie Rallins | USA | 10.6s | | 6. Julia Dyer | USA | 10.8s | | 7. Ingeborg Schell |  FRG | 10.8s | | 8. Maria Kiss |  HUN | 11.2s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Mamie Rallins | USA | 10.6s | | 2. Vera Karsakova | URS | 10.6s | | 3. Ingeborg Schell | FRG | 10.7s | | 4. Carmen Smith |  JAM | 11.0s | | 5. Carla Panerai |  ITA | 11.0s | | 6. Enriqueta Basilio |  MEX | 11.1s | | 7. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  SUE | 11.2s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.4s | | 2. Valeria Bufanu | ROM | 10.9s | | 3. Maria Kiss | HUN | 10.9s | | 4. Marlene Elejarde |  CUB | 10.9s | | 5. Marijana Lubej |  YUG | 11.0s | | 6. Snejana Youroukova |  BUL | 11.0s | | 7. Ann Wilson |  GBR | 11.1s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Patty Van Wolvelaere | USA | 10.6s | | 2. Teresa Sukniewicz | POL | 10.7s | | 3. Tatjana Talysheva | URS | 10.8s | | 4. Carlota Ulloa |  CHI | 11.1s | | 5. Jennifer Meldrum |  CAN | 11.1s | | -. Karin Reichert-Frisch | FRG | DNS |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.7s | | 2. Elzbieta Zebrowska | POL | 10.8s | | 3. Julia Dyer | USA | 10.9s | | 4. Liudmila Ievleva | URS | 10.9s | | 5. Chui-Mei Yeh | TWN | 11.7s | | 6. Cecilia Sosa |  SAL | 12.8s | | -. Heidemarie Rosendahl | FRG | DNS |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Maureen Caird | AUS | 10.4s | | 2. Cheng Chi | TWN | 10.5s | | 3. Danuta Straszynska | POL | 10.7s | | 4. Inge Aigner | AUT | 10.8s | | 5. Meta Antenen |  SUI | 10.9s | | 6. Patricia Jones | GBR | 11.0s | | 7. Roswitha Emonts-Gast |  BEL | 11.4s |
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