| Final 18:00 | time | | | 1. Heather Young |  GBR | 11.7s | | | 2. Vera Krepkina |  URS | 11.7s | | | 3. Christa Stubnick |  DDR | 11.8s | | | 4. Madeleine Weston | GBR | 11.8s | | | 5. Giuseppine Leone |  ITA | 11.8s | | | 6. Valentina Maslovskaya | URS | 11.9s | |
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| History Women 100m | | World Record: Delahunty (AUS) 11.3s | | European Record: Leoni (ITA) 11.4s | | Championship Record: Blankers-Koenr (NED) 11.7s - 1950 |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday 21.08 15:00 | | First 2 to Final |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Heather Young | GBR | 11.6s | CR Q | | 2. Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Anni Biechl |  FRG | 11.9s | | | 4. Catherine Capdevielle |  FRA | 11.9s | | | 5. Britt Mårtensson |  SWE | 12.3s | | | 6. Elżbieta Ćmok |  POL | 12.3s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Christa Stubnick | DDR | 11.8s | Q | | 2. Valentina Maslovskaya | URS | 11.9s | Q | | 3. Johanna Bloemhof |  NED | 12.2s | | | 4. Celina Jesionowska | POL | 12.2s | | | 5. Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 12.3s | | | 6. Juliette Angenieux | FRA | 12.6s | |
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Madeleine Weston | GBR | 11.7s | Q | | 2. Giuseppine Leone | ITA | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Nonna Polyakova | URS | 11.9s | | | 4. Inge Fuhrmann | FRG | 12.0s | | | 5. Barbara Janiszewska | POL | 12.1s | | | 6. Joke Bijleveld | NED | 12.3s | |
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Heats - Wednesday 20.08 10:30, 15:55 | | First 3 to Semi-Finals |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Valentina Maslovskaya | URS | 11.8s | Q | | 2. Inge Fuhrmann | FRG | 11.9s | Q | | 3. Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 12.0s | Q | | 4. Reidun Buer |  NOR | 12.8s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Nonna Polyakova | URS | 11.9s | Q | | 2. Christa Stubnick | DDR | 11.9s | Q | | 3. Joke Bijleveld | NED | 12.1s | Q | | 4. Vivi Markussen |  DEN | 12.5s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Heather Young | GBR | 11.7s | CR Q | | 2. Elżbieta Ćmok | POL | 12.0s | Q | | 3. Juliette Angenieux | FRA | 12.2s | Q | | 4. Alice Fischer |  SUI | 12.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Madeleine Weston | GBR | 12.0s | Q | | 2. Barbara Janiszewska | POL | 12.1s | Q | | 3. Britt Mårtensson | SWE | 12.4s | Q | | 4. Ine Spijk | NED | 12.5s | | | 5. Alice Merz | SUI | 13.4s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.9s | Q | | 2. Anni Biechl | FRG | 12.0s | Q | | 3. Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 12.1s | Q | | 4. Sandra Valenti | ITA | 12.3s | | | 5. Olga Šikovec |  YUG | 12.4s | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Giuseppine Leone | ITA | 12.0s | Q | | 2. Johanna Bloemhof | NED | 12.1s | Q | | 3. Celina Jesionowska | POL | 12.4s | Q | | 4. Friedl Murauer |  AUT | 12.4s | | | 5. Stella Mousouri |  GRE | 13.1s | |
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