| Final | time | | | 1. Anna Chmelková |  TCH | 52.9s | CR NR | | 2. Antónia Munkácsi |  HUN | 53.9s | | | 3. Monique Noirot |  FRA | 54.0s | | | 4. Lyudmila Samotyosova |  URS | 54.0s | | | 5. Helga Henning |  FRG | 54.1s | NR | | 6. Berit Berthelsen |  NOR | 54.1s | NR | | 7. Zsuzsa Szabó | HUN | 54.3s | | | 8. Lia Louer |  NED | 55.0s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Zsuzsa Szabó | HUN | 54.0s | Q | | 2. Anna Chmelková | TCH | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Berit Berthelsen | NOR | 54.2s | NR Q | | 4. Lia Louer | NED | 54.4s | Q | | 5. Karin Wallgren |  SWE | 54.5s | NR | | 6. Hilda Slaman | NED | 54.8s | | | 7. Deirdre Watkinson |  GBR | 55.7s | | | 8. Grażyna Chodorek |  POL | 56.8s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Antónia Munkácsi | HUN | 53.9s | Q | | 2. Monique Noirot | FRA | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Helga Henning | FRG | 54.2s | Q | | 4. Lyudmila Samotyosova | URS | 54.2s | Q | | 5. Rosemary Stirling | GBR | 54.5s | | | 6. Stans Brehm | NED | 54.9s | | | 7. Tove Bakkejord | NOR | 55.4s | | | 8. Paola Pigni |  ITA | 55.6s | |
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Heats - Tuesday 30.08 17:10 | | First 3 and Best 1 (Lyudmila Samotyesova-URS) progress to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Paola Pigni | ITA | 54.8s | Q | | 2. Karin Wallgren | SWE | 55.3s | Q | | 3. Grażyna Chodorek | POL | 55.7s | Q | | 4. Ljiljana Petnjarić |  YUG | 55.8s | | | 5. Lilita Zāģere | URS | 56.3s | | | 6. Adile Dani |  ALB | 59.3s | NR |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Anna Chmelková | TCH | 53.6s | NR Q | | 2. Lia Louer | NED | 54.5s | Q | | 3. Deirdre Watkinson | GBR | 54.9s | Q | | 4. Sára Szenteleki | HUN | 54.9s | | | 5. Maeve Kyle |  IRL | 55.4s | | | 6. Brigitte Flach |  GDR | 56.0s | | | -. Bradescu |  ROU | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Zsuzsa Szabó | HUN | 54.6s | Q | | 2. Stans Brehm | NED | 54.9s | Q | | 3. Tove Bakkejord | NOR | 55.1s | Q | | 4. Natalya Runova | URS | 55.2s | | | 5. Ika Maričić | YUG | 55.2s | | | 6. Francine Peyskens |  BEL | 57.6s | NR | | -. Grieveson |  GBR | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Rosemary Stirling | GBR | 54.2s | Q | | 2. Berit Berthelsen | NOR | 54.4s | Q | | 3. Hilda Slaman | NED | 54.7s | Q | | 4. Évelyne Lebret | FRA | 55.0s | | | 5. Libuše Macounová | TCH | 55.4s | | | 6. Donata Govoni | ITA | 55.9s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Antónia Munkácsi | HUN | 54.0s | Q | | 2. Monique Noirot | FRA | 54.4s | Q | | 3. Helga Henning | FRG | 54.5s | Q | | 4. Lyudmila Samotyosova | URS | 54.6s | q | | 5. Libuše Eichlerová | TCH | 55.3s | | | 6. Celina Gerwin | POL | 55.9s | |
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