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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