| Final | time | | | 1. Irena Kirszenstein |  POL | 23.1s | CR | | 2. Ewa Kłobukowska | POL | 23.4s | | | 3. Vera Popkova |  URS | 23.7s | | | 4. Kirsten Roggenkamp |  FRG | 23.8s | | | 5. Ingrid Tiedtke |  GDR | 23.9s | | | 6. Eva Lehocká |  TCH | 24.0s | | | 7. Hannelore Trabert | FRG | 24.2s | | | 8. Truus Hennipman |  NED | 24.3s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Ewa Kłobukowska | POL | 23.8s | Q | | 2. Vera Popkova | URS | 23.9s | Q | | 3. Ingrid Tiedtke | GDR | 24.1s | Q | | 4. Hannelore Trabert | FRG | 24.1s | Q | | 5. Karin Wallgren |  SWE | 24.4s | | | 6. Ljiljana Petnjarić |  YUG | 25.0s | | | 7. Gabrielle Meyer |  FRA | 25.2s | | | 8. Ioana Petrescu |  ROU | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Irena Kirszenstein | POL | 23.6s | Q | | 2. Kirsten Roggenkamp | FRG | 23.8s | Q | | 3. Truus Hennipman | NED | 24.0s | Q | | 4. Eva Lehocká | TCH | 24.1s | Q | | 5. Valentina Bolshova | URS | 24.3s | | | 6. Maureen Tranter |  GBR | 24.3s | | | 7. Christine Heinich | GDR | 24.5s | | | 8. Donata Govoni |  ITA | 24.9s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Truus Hennipman | NED | 24.0ws | Q | | 2. Ioana Petrescu | ROU | 24.5ws | Q | | 3. Maureen Tranter | GBR | 24.7ws | Q | | 4. Gabrielle Meyer | FRA | 25.6ws | Q | | -. Bakkejord |  NOR | DNS | | | -. Samotesova |  URS | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Ewa Kłobukowska | POL | 24.3s | Q | | 2. Christine Heinich | GDR | 24.3s | Q | | 3. Karin Wallgren | SWE | 24.4s | Q | | 4. Valentina Bolshova | URS | 24.4s | Q | | 5. Olimbi Moçka |  ALB | 27.2s | | | -. Eichlerova |  TCH | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Vera Popkova | URS | 23.7ws | Q | | 2. Kirsten Roggenkamp | FRG | 23.7ws | Q | | 3. Ingrid Tiedtke | GDR | 23.9ws | Q | | 4. Eva Lehocká | TCH | 24.3ws | Q | | 5. Janet Simpson | GBR | 24.6ws | | | 6. Erzsébet Bartos |  HUN | 24.8ws | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Hannelore Trabert | FRG | 24.6ws | Q | | 2. Donata Govoni | ITA | 24.7ws | Q | | 3. Ljiljana Petnjarić | YUG | 25.2ws | Q | | 4. Irena Kirszenstein | POL | 25.2ws | Q | | -. Chmelkova | TCH | DNS | | | -. Nemeshazine |  HUN | DNS | |
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