| 2. Erika Rost |  West Germany | 6.38s | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 6.32s | Q | | 2. Hannelore Trabert | West Germany | 6.34s | Q | | 3. Galina Mitrokhina |  Soviet Union | 6.44s | Q | | 6. Ingrid Tiedtke |  East Germany | 6.49s | | | 10.Marijana Lubej |  Yugoslavia | 6.57s | | | 11.Eva Putnová |  Czechoslovakia | 6.63s | |
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| 6. Renate Heldt | East Germany | 6.48s | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Erika Rost | West Germany | 6.44s | Q | | 5. Renate Heldt | East Germany | 6.45s | Q | | 7. Galina Bukharina | Soviet Union | 6.51s | Q | | 8. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  Sweden | 6.52s | | | 9. Berit Berthelsen |  Norway | 6.53s | | | 12.María Luisa Orobia |  Spain | 6.69s | |
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