| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Gabriele Wetzko |  East Germany | 59.6s | ER | | 5 | | 2. Mirjana ŀegrt |  Yugoslavia | 1:00.8 | | 1.2s | 4 | | 3. Alexandra Jackson |  Great Britain | 1:00.8 | | 1.2s | 3 | | 4. Judit Turóczy |  Hungary | 1:00.9 | | 1.3s | 7 | | 5. Patóh Magda | Hungary | 1:01.3 | | 1.7s | 2 | | 6. Claude Mandonnaud |  France | 1:01.4 | | 1.8s | 1 | | 7. Martina Grunert | East Germany | 1:02.4 | | 2.8s | 6 | | 8. Tatyjana Zolotnyickaja |  Soviet Union | 1:02.6 | | 3.0s | 8 |
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| World Record: Dawn Fraser, Australia 58.9s Sydney, Australia 29th February 1964 | | European Record: Gabriele Wetzko, East Germany 59.6s Budapest, Hungary 23rd August 1969 | | Equalied Record: Gabriele Wetzko, East Germany 59.6s Barcelona, Spain 7th September 1970 |
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Heats Sunday, 6th September | | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Gabriele Wetzko | East Germany | 1:01.0 | Q | | 5. Patóh Magda | Hungary | 1:01.6 | Q | | 10.Heidi Reineck |  West Germany | 1:02.5 | | | 12.Elisabeth Berglund |  Switzerland | 1:02.6 | | | 22.Christiane Flamand | Switzerland | 1:05.0 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Judit Turóczy | Hungary | 1:02.0 | Q | | 6. Claude Mandonnaud | France | 1:02.0 | Q | | 14.Grethe Mathiesen |  Norway | 1:03.2 | | | 17.Hriszka Pejcseva |  Bulgaria | 1:03.5 | | | 18.Marie Bradikova |  Czechoslovakia | 1:03.8 | | | 19.Kathryn Smith | Great Britain | 1:04.0 | | | 24.Hazel Nolan |  Ireland | 1:07.3 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Mirjana ŀegrt | Yugoslavia | 1:01.0 | Q, ECR | | 8. Tatyjana Zolotnyickaja | Soviet Union | 1:02.1 | Q | | 9. Ana Boban | Yugoslavia | 1:02.4 | | | 13.Cora Schouten |  Netherlands | 1:02.9 | | | 16.Irina Tyeresina | Soviet Union | 1:03.4 | | | 23.Jeanette Mikkelsen |  Denmark | 1:05.2 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Alexandra Jackson | Great Britain | 1:01.2 | Q | | 4. Martina Grunert | East Germany | 1:01.3 | Q | | 10.Yvonne von Kuilenburg | Netherlands | 1:02.5 | | | 15.Doris Meister | West Germany | 1:03.3 | | | 20.Brigitte Caland | France | 1:04.3 | | | 21.Sissi Tomandl |  Austria | 1:04.9 | |
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