| Final 16:40 | time | | | 1. Jutta Heine |  FRG | 23.5s | CR | | 2. Dorothy Hyman |  GBR | 23.7s | | | 3. Barbara Sobotta |  POL | 23.9s | | | 4. Daphne Arden | GBR | 24.2s | | | 5. Valentina Maslovskaya |  URS | 24.2s | | | 6. Ann Packer | GBR | 24.4s | |
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| History Women 200m | | World Record: Rudolph (USA) 22.9s | | European Record: Itkina (USA) 23.4s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Barbara Sobotta | POL | 23.8s | CR Q | | 2. Valentina Maslovskaya | URS | 24.0s | Q | | 3. Ann Packer | GBR | 24.2s | Q | | 4. Hannelore Raepke |  GDR | 24.3s | | | 5. Claudette Actis |  FRA | 24.5s | | | 6. Ida Such |  HUN | 25.1s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Jutta Heine | FRG | 23.6s | CR Q | | 2. Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 23.7s | Q | | 3. Daphne Arden | GBR | 24.3s | Q | | 4. Elżbieta Szyroka | POL | 24.7s | | | 5. Donata Govoni |  ITA | 24.8s | | | 6. Olga Šikovec |  YUG | 25.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Valentina Maslovskaya | URS | 23.8s | CR Q | | 2. Barbara Sobotta | POL | 24.1s | Q | | 3. Hannelore Raepke | GDR | 24.2s | Q | | 4. Michèle Davaze | FRA | 25.3s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 23.9s | Q | | 2. Claudette Actis | FRA | 24.7s | Q | | 3. Ida Such | HUN | 25.1s | Q |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Ann Packer | GBR | 24.0ws | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Szyroka | POL | 24.1ws | Q | | 3. Donata Govoni | ITA | 24.4ws | Q | | 4. Johanna Gaiser | FRG | 24.6ws | | | 5. Renée Enjalbert | FRA | 25.3ws | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Jutta Heine | FRG | 24.1s | Q | | 2. Daphne Arden | GBR | 24.5s | Q | | 3. Olga Šikovec | YUG | 25.1s | Q | | 4. Therese Schueremans |  BEL | 26.5s | |
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