| Final 15:15 | time | | | 1. Mariya Itkina |  URS | 24.3s | | | 2. Irina Turova | URS | 24.4s | | | 3. Shirley Hampton |  GBR | 24.4s | | | 4. Barbara Janiszewska |  POL | 24.4s | NR | | 5. Rimma Ulitkina | URS | 24.7s | | | 6. Charlotte Böhmer |  FRG | 25.0s | |
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| History Women 200m | | European Record: Walasiewicz (POL), Selinger-Stubnik (GDR) 23.6s | | Championship Record: Walasiewicz (POL) 23.8s |
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Semi-Finals> - Saturday 28.08 16:00 | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Mariya Itkina | URS | 24.3s | Q | | 2. Shirley Hampton | GBR | 24.6s | Q | | 3. Rimma Ulitkina | URS | 24.8s | Q | | 4. Patricia Devine | GBR | 24.8s | | | 5. Dicki van Dijk |  NED | 25.3s | | | 6. Helga Erny | FRG | 25.7s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Irina Turova | URS | 24.5s | Q | | 2. Charlotte Böhmer | FRG | 24.9s | Q | | 3. Barbara Janiszewska | POL | 24.9s | Q | | 4. Maria Jeibmann | FRG | 25.0s | | | 5. Anne Johnson | GBR | 25.5s | | | -. Bertha Van Duyne | NED | DNS | |
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Heats> - Saturday 28.08 10:30 | | First 3 progress to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Patricia Devine | GBR | 24.9s | Q | | 2. Rimma Ulitkina | URS | 24.9s | Q | | 3. Helga Erny | FRG | 25.4s | Q | | 4. Anna-Lise Thoresen |  NOR | 25.4s | | | 5. Josiane Fournet |  FRA | 25.4s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Bertha Van Duyne | NED | 24.9s | Q | | 2. Charlotte Böhmer | FRG | 25.1s | Q | | 3. Anne Johnson | GBR | 25.8s | Q | | 4. Grete Jenny |  AUT | 26.6s | | | 5. Aycan Önel |  TUR | 27.4s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Shirley Hampton | GBR | 24.5s | Q | | 2. Barbara Janiszewska | POL | 24.5s | Q | | 3. Irina Turova | URS | 24.6s | Q | | 4. Libuše Strejčková |  TCH | 25.6s | | | 5. Trudy Hänseler |  SUI | 26.5s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Mariya Itkina | URS | 24.6s | Q | | 2. Maria Jeibmann | FRG | 25.3s | Q | | 3. Dicki van Dijk | NED | 25.5s | Q | | 4. Sonja Pretot | SUI | 26.3s | |
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