| 1. Karen Margrete Harup |  Denmark | 1:15.9 | | | - | | 2. Catherine Gibson |  Great Britain | 1:16.5 | | +0.6s | - | | 3. Irene Koster |  Netherlands | 1:18.0 | | +2.1s | - | | 4. Greetje Galliard | Netherlands | 1:18.3 | | +2.4s | - | | 5. Ilona Novak |  Hungary | 1:18.6 | | +2.7s | - | | 6. Monique Berlioux |  France | 1:20.0 | | +4.1s | - |
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Heats Wednesday, 10th September | | Best 3 from each Heat advanced to Final>. |
| 1. Catherine Gibson | Great Britain | 1:17.2 | | | 4 | 1. | | 2. Irene van Fegelen | Netherlands | 1:18.9 | | | 2 | 4 | | 3. Ilona Novak | Hungary | 1:19.1 | | | 5 | 5. | | 4. Birthe Ove Petersen | Denmark | 1:20.5 | | | 6 | | 5. Kerstin Akerberg |  Sweden | 1:22.3 | | | 1 | | 6. Sergia Toso |  Italy | 1:28.4 | | | 3 |
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| 1. Karen Margrete Harup | Denmark | 1:17.6 | | | 7 | 2. | | 2. Greetje Galliard | Netherlands | 1:18.2 | | | 1 | 3. | | 3. Monique Berlioux | France | 1:19.4 | | | 3 | 6. | | 4. Ingegärd Fredin | Sweden | 1:21.2 | | | 6 | | 5. Judit Temes | Hungary | 1:24.0 | | | 2 | | 6. Rosetta Giurco | Italy | 1:29.5 | | | 5 | | -. Margaret Girvan | Great Britain | DQ | | | 4 |
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| Ranking | | time | FR | | 1. Harup | Denmark | 1:15.6 | | 2. Galliard | Netherlands | 1:16.5 | | 3. Van Feggelen | Netherlands | 1:17.1 | | 4. Zimmermann |  United States | 1:17.6 | | 5. Berlioux | France | 1:18.5 | | 6. Novak | Hungary | 1:18.9 | | 7. Akerberg | Sweden | 1:19.6 | | 8. Scheffer-Sentf | Hungary | 1:20.0 | | 9. Ekris | Netherlands | 1:20.1 | | 9. Van Schotiran | Netherlands | 1:20.1 |
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