| Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Irina Press |   Soviet Union | 8.1s |   |  | 2. Gundula Diel |   East Germany | 8.4s |   |  | 3. Inge Schell |   West Germany | 8.4s |   |  | 4. Marlène Canguio |   France | 8.5s |   |  | 5. Françoise Masse |   France | 8.5s |   |  | 6. Alena Hiltscherová |   Czechoslovakia | 8.6s |   |   
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| Semi 1 |   | time |   |  | Semi 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Gundula Diel |   East Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 2. Alena Hiltscherová |   Czechoslovakia | 8.4s | Q |  | 3. Françoise Masse |   France | 8.4s | Q |  | 4. Renate Balck |   West Germany | 8.5s |   |  | 5. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |   Sweden | 8.6s |   |  | 6. Nina Hansen |   Denmark | 8.7s |   |   
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| 1. Irina Press |   Soviet Union | 8.3s | Q |  | 2. Inge Schell |   West Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 3. Marlène Canguio |   France | 8.4s | Q |  | 4. Meta Antenen |   Switzerland | 8.7s |   |  | 5. Marijana Lubej |   Yugoslavia | 8.8s |   |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   |  | 1. Inge Schell |   West Germany | 8.5s | Q |  | 2. Marlène Canguio |   France | 8.5s | Q |  | 3. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |   Sweden | 8.6s | q |  | 4. Marijana Lubej |   Yugoslavia | 8.8s | q |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Irina Press |   Soviet Union | 8.3s | Q |  | 2. Renate Balck |   West Germany | 8.6s | Q |  | 3. Nina Hansen |   Denmark | 8.7s | q |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   |  | 1. Gundula Diel |   East Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 2. Françoise Masse |   France | 8.5s | Q |  | 3. Alena Hiltscherová |   Czechoslovakia | 8.7s | q |  | 4. Meta Antenen |   Switzerland | 8.6s | q |   
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