| Final | time | | | | 1. Petra Vogt |  GDR | 23.2s | 23.30s | | | 2. Renate Meissner | GDR | 23.3s | 23.33s | | | 3. Valerie Peat |  GBR | 23.3s | 23.34s | | | 4. Wilma van den Berg |  NED | 23.5s | 23.59s | | | 5. Gabrielle Meyer |  FRA | 23.7s | 23.80s | | | 6. Mariana Goth |  ROU | 23.9s | 23.98s | | | 7. Else Hadrup |  DEN | 24.0s | 24.01s | | | 8. Madeleine Cobb | GBR | 24.1s | 24.16s | |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday 18 September - Gold Medal: | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Meissner | GDR | 23.6s | Q | | 2. Valerie Peat | GBR | 23.8s | Q | | 3. Gabrielle Meyer | FRA | 23.8s | Q | | 4. Mariana Goth | ROU | 24.1s | Q | | 5. Helen Golden | GBR | 24.3s | | | 6. Uschi Meyer |  SUI | 24.4s | | | 7. Lyudmila Samotyosova |  URS | 24.5s | | | -. Annette Berger |  LUX | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Petra Vogt | GDR | 23.5s | Q | | 2. Wilma van den Berg | NED | 23.7s | Q | | 3. Else Hadrup | DEN | 24.2s | Q | | 4. Madeleine Cobb | GBR | 24.4s | Q | | 5. Helga Kapfer |  AUT | 24.5s | | | 6. Györgyi Balogh |  HUN | 24.6s | | | -. Godelieve Ducatteuw |  BEL | DNF | | | -. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | DNS | |
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Heats Thursday 18.09 15:00 |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Meissner | GDR | 23.3s | Q | | 2. Else Hadrup | DEN | 24.2s | Q | | 3. Mariana Goth | ROU | 24.4s | Q | | 4. Annette Berger | LUX | 26.3s | Q |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Wilma van den Berg | NED | 23.7s | Q | | 2. Lyudmila Samotyosova | URS | 24.2s | Q | | 3. Madeleine Cobb | GBR | 24.5s | Q | | 4. Helga Kapfer | AUT | 24.5s | Q | | 5. Ivanka Venkova |  BUL | 25.1s | | | 6. Kristín Jónsdóttir |  ISL | 99.9s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 24.2s | Q | | 2. Uschi Meyer | SUI | 24.3s | Q | | 3. Györgyi Balogh | HUN | 24.4s | Q | | 4. Valerie Peat | GBR | 24.9s | Q |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Petra Vogt | GDR | 23.6s | Q | | 2. Uschi Meyer | SUI | 23.9s | Q | | 3. Helen Golden | GBR | 24.2s | Q | | 4. Godelieve Ducatteuw | BEL | 25.0s | Q | | 5. Lyudmila Golomazova | URS | 25.1s | | | 6. Suude Koçgil |  TUR | 26.8s | |
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