| Final 17:05 | time | | | 1. Mariya Golubnichaya |  URS | 11.0s | CR | | 2. Anneliese Seonbuchner |  FRG | 11.2s | | | 3. Pamela Seaborne |  GBR | 11.3s | | | 4. Denise Guénard |  FRA | 11.3s | NR | | 5. Milka Babović |  YUG | 11.5s | | | 6. Jean Desforges | GBR | 11.5s | |
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| History Women 100m Hurdles | | World Record: Strikland (AUS) 10.9s - 1952, Golubnitschaya (URS) 10.9s - 1954 | | European Record: Golubnitschaya (URS) 10.9s - 1954 | | Championship Record: Fanny Blankers Koen 11.1s | | Semi-Finals | | Heats |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday 28.08 18:00 | | First 3 progressed to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Mariya Golubnichaya | URS | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Pamela Seaborne | GBR | 11.3s | Q | | 3. Milka Babović | YUG | 11.4s | Q | | 4. Zenta Gastl | FRG | 11.5s | | | 5. Yevgeniya Gurvich | URS | 11.5s | | | 6. Elżbieta Krzesińska |  POL | 11.6s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Anneliese Seonbuchner | FRG | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Denise Guénard | FRA | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Jean Desforges | GBR | 11.5s | Q | | 4. Anna Aleksandrova | URS | 11.5s | | | 5. Elżbieta Bocian | POL | 11.5s | | | 6. Elfriede Steurer |  AUT | 11.7s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Jean Desforges | GBR | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Bocian | POL | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Jorun Tangen |  NOR | 11.9s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Mariya Golubnichaya | URS | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Krzesińska | POL | 11.6s | Q | | 3. Yvette Monginou | FRA | 11.9s | | | 4. Grete Jenny | AUT | 12.0s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Denise Guénard | FRA | 11.5s | Q | | 2. Elfriede Steurer | AUT | 11.6s | Q | | 3. Stina Cronholm |  SWE | 12.2s | | | 4. Trudy Hänseler |  SUI | 12.5s | | | -. Maria Sander | FRG | DNF | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Anna Aleksandrova | URS | 11.3s | Q | | 2. Milka Babović | YUG | 11.3s | Q | | 3. Miroslava Trkalová |  TCH | 11.6s | | | 4. Hilde De Cort |  BEL | 12.5s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Pamela Seaborne | GBR | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Anneliese Seonbuchner | FRG | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Milena Greppi |  ITA | 11.5s | | | 4. Ana Serban |  ROU | 11.8s | | | -. Gretel Bolliger | SUI | DNF | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Zenta Gastl | FRG | 11.5s | Q | | 2. Yevgeniya Gurvich | URS | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Claudie Flament | FRA | 11.7s | | | 4. Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 11.7s | |
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