| Final | time | | | 1. Karin Balzer |  GDR | 10.7s | | | 2. Karin Frisch |  FRG | 10.7s | | | 3. Elżbieta Bednarek |  POL | 10.7s | | | 4. Renate Balck | FRG | 10.7s | | | 5. Inge Schell | FRG | 10.8s | | | 6. Niliya Kulkova |  URS | 10.9s | | | 7. Danuta Straszyńska | POL | 10.9s | | | 8. Gundula Diel | GDR | 11.0s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Balck | FRG | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Bednarek | POL | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Inge Schell | FRG | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Gundula Diel | GDR | 11.1s | Q | | 5. Vlasta Přikrylová |  TCH | 11.1s | | | 6. Rimma Larionova | URS | 11.2s | | | 7. Snezhana Zhalova |  BUL | 11.2s | | | -. Meta Antenen |  SUI | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Danuta Straszyńska | POL | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Karin Frisch | FRG | 10.8s | Q | | 3. Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Niliya Kulkova | URS | 10.9s | Q | | 5. Danièle Guéneau |  FRA | 11.1s | | | 6. Rita van Slooten |  NED | 11.1s | | | 7. Vera Korsakova | URS | 11.1s | | | 8. Regina Höfer | GDR | 11.2s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.9s | Q | | 2. Karin Frisch | FRG | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Vlasta Přikrylová | TCH | 11.1s | Q | | 4. Vera Korsakova | URS | 11.2s | Q | | 5. Magaly Vettorazzo |  ITA | 11.2s | | | 6. Pat Pryce |  GBR | 11.2s | | | 7. Françoise Masse | FRA | 11.5s | | | 8. Melek Aydınoğlu |  TUR | 12.4s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Danuta Straszyńska | POL | 10.9s | Q | | 2. Danièle Guéneau | FRA | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Rimma Larionova | URS | 11.1s | Q | | 4. Regina Höfer | GDR | 11.2s | Q | | 5. Maxine Botley | GBR | 11.4s | | | 6. Mária Pethö |  HUN | 11.6s | | | 7. Charoula Sasagianni |  GRE | 12.1s | | | -. Zhuljeta Muco |  ALB | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Elżbieta Bednarek | POL | 10.7s | Q | | 2. Inge Schell | FRG | 10.8s | Q | | 3. Gundula Diel | GDR | 11.0s | Q | | 4. Rita van Slooten | NED | 11.1s | Q | | 5. Sirkka Norrlund |  FIN | 11.1s | | | 6. Alena Hiltscherova | TCH | 11.2s | | | 7. Marjana Lubej |  YUG | 11.6s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Renate Balck | FRG | 10.9s | Q | | 2. Niliya Kulkova | URS | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Meta Antenen | SUI | 11.2s | Q | | 4. Snezhana Zhalova | BUL | 11.3s | Q | | -. Mary Rand | GBR | DNS | | | -. Denise Guénard |  FRA | DNS | | -. Rita Vanherck |  BEL | DNS |
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