| Final 19:00 | time | | | 1. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 22.51s | CR | | 2. Renate Stecher |  East Germany | 22.68s | | | 3. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen |  Finland | 23.17s | | | 4. Lyudmila Maslakova |  Soviet Union | 23.31s | | | 5. Helen Golden |  Great Britain | 23.38s | | | 6. Annegret Kroniger |  West Germany | 23.38s | | | 7. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 23.78s | | | 8. Petra Kandarr | East Germany | 23.99s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 23.01s | Q | | 2. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 23.35s | Q | | 3. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 23.49s | Q | | 4. Helen Golden | Great Britain | 23.54s | Q | | 5. Barbara Bakulin | Poland | 23.81s | | | 6. Wilma van den Berg |  Netherlands | 23.86s | | | 7. Doris Maletzki | East Germany | 24.07s | | | 8. Elvira Possekel | West Germany | 24.29s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 22.88s | Q | | 2. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 23.17s | Q | | 3. Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 23.29s | Q | | 4. Petra Kandarr | East Germany | 23.50s | Q | | 5. Ildiko Erdelyi |  Hungary | 23.97s | | | 6. Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 23.98s | | | 7. Rosine Wallez |  Belgium | 24.03s | | | 8. Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 24.66s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 23.13s | Q | | 2. Petra Kandarr | East Germany | 23.44s | Q | | 3. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 23.51s | Q | | 4. Barbara Bakulin | Poland | 23.56s | q | | 5. Ildiko Erdelyi | Hungary | 23.78s | q |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 23.35s | Q | | 2. Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 23.55s | Q | | 3. Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 23.55s | Q | | 4. Helen Golden | Great Britain | 24.02s | q | | 5. Laura Nappi |  Italy | 24.22s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 23.45s | Q | | 2. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 23.87s | Q | | 3. Elvira Possekel | West Germany | 24.08s | Q | | 4. Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 24.14s | q | | 5. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 24.41s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Doris Maletzki | East Germany | 23.77s | Q | | 2. Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 23.84s | Q | | 3. Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 24.00s | Q | | 4. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 24.22s | | | 5. Emma Sulter | France | 33.92s | |
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