| Final | | time | | | 1. Geertje Wielema |  Netherlands | 1:13.2 | 4 | | 2. Joke de Korte | Netherlands | 1:13.6 | 5 | | 3. Judyth Symons |  Great Britain | 1:17.3 | 6 | | 4. Eša Ligorio |  Yugoslavia | 1:17.9 | 2 | | 4. Helga Schmidt-Neuber |  West Germany | 1:17.9 | 3 | | 6. Magdolna Hunyadfy |  Hungary | 1:18.0 | 7 | | 7. Ilona Novák | Hungary | 1:18.4 | 8 | | 8. Marie-Hélène André |  France | 1:19.3 | 1 |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | | 1. Joke de Korte | Netherlands | 1:14.2 | 3 | 2. | | 2. Magdolna Hunyadfy | Hungary | 1:18.1 | 7 | 6. | | 3. S. Bubníková |  Czechoslovakia | 1:23.8 | 1 | 14. | | 4. Annemarie Dokupil |  Austria | 1:26.1 | 6 | 15. | | -. Eva ŀperlová | Czechoslovakia | DNS | 2 | | | -. Majda Majen | Yugoslavia | DNS | 4 | | | -. Margareta Westeson |  Sweden | DNS | 5 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | | 1. Geertje Wielema | Netherlands | 1:14.1 | 7 | 1. | | 2. Helga Schmidt-Neuber | West Germany | 1:16.2 | 3 | 3. | | 3. Judyth Symons | Great Britain | 1:17.3 | 4 | 4. | | 4. Marie-Hélène André | France | 1:18.3 | 5 | 7. | | 5. Irena Milnikiel |  Poland | 1:19.5 | 2 | 10. | | 6. Birgitta Ljunggren | Sweden | 1:19.9 | 6 | 11. | | 7. Carla Campregher |  Italy | 1:23.4 | 1 | 13. |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | | 1. Eša Ligorio | Yugoslavia | 1:17.7 | 4 | 5. | | 2. Ilona Novák | Hungary | 1:18.9 | 3 | 8. | | 3. Elżbieta Gellner | Poland | 1:19.0 | 2 | 9. | | 4. Margaret McDowall | Great Britain | 1:20.3 | 6 | 12. | | -. Anja Braune | West Germany | DNS | 5 | | | -. Anneliese Schneider |  East Germany | DNS | 7 | |
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| Overall | | Heats | Final | | 1. Geertje Wielema | Netherlands | 1:14.1 1 h2 | 1:13.2 1 F | | 2. Joke de Korte | Netherlands | 1:14.2 1 h3 | 1:13.6 2 F | | 3. Pat Symons | Great Britain | 1:17.3 3 h2 | 1:17.3 3 F | | 4. Eša Ligorio | Yugoslavia | 1:17.7 1 h1 | 1:17.9 4 F | | 4. Helga Schmidt | West Germany | 1:16.2 2 h2 | 1:17.9 4 F | | 6. Magdolna Hunyadfy | Hungary | 1:18.1 2 h3 | 1:18.0 6 F | | 7. Ilona Novák | Hungary | 1:18.9 2 h1 | 1:18.4 7 F | | 8. Marie-Hélène André | France | 1:18.3 4 h2 | 1:19.3 8 F | | 9. Elżbieta Gellner-Olejnik | Poland | 1:19.0 3 h1 | - | | 10.Irena Milnikiel | Poland | 1:19.5 5 h2 | - | | 11.Birgitta Ljunggren | Sweden | 1:19.9 6 h2 | - | | 12.Margaret McDowall | Great Britain | 1:20.3 4 h1 | - | | 13.Carla Manazzon | Italy | 1:23.4 7 h2 | - | | 14.S. Bubníková | Czechoslovakia | 1:23.8 3 h3 | - | | 15.Annemarie Dokupil | Austria | 1:26.1 4 h3 | - | | -. Anja Braune | West Germany | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Anneliese Schneider | East Germany | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Eva ŀperlová | Czechoslovakia | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Majda Majen | Yugoslavia | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Margareta Westeson | Sweden | - DNS h3 | - |
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