| Final | | time | | | 1. Zofia Bielczyk |  Poland | 6.74s | =WR, | | 2. Mariya Kemenchezhi |  Soviet Union | 6.80s | | | 3. Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 6.81s | | | 4. Sylvia Kempin |  East Germany | 6.84s | | | 5. Lidiya Gusheva |  Bulgaria | 6.89s | | | 6. Xénia Siska |  Hungary | 7.02s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Sylvia Kempin | East Germany | 6.83s | Q, =CR | | 4. Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 6.89s | Q | | 4. Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 6.89s | Q | | 7. Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 6.90s | | | 8. Michèle Chardonnet |  France | 6.98s | | | 10.Yvette Wray |  Great Britain | 7.03s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 6.84s | Q | | 3. Mariya Kemenchezhi | Soviet Union | 6.86s | Q | | 4. Xénia Siska | Hungary | 6.89s | Q | | 9. Laurence Monclar | France | 7.01s | | | 11.Emilya Kunova | Bulgaria | 7.10s | | | -. Edith Oker |  West Germany | DNF | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 6.85s | Q | | 3. Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 6.93s | Q | | 3. Xénia Siska | Hungary | 6.93s | Q | | 10.Michèle Chardonnet | France | 7.03s | q | | 14.Helle Sichlau |  Denmark | 7.29s | | | 15.Petra Prenner |  Austria | 7.35s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Mariya Kemenchezhi | Soviet Union | 6.83s | Q, CR | | 3. Sylvia Kempin | East Germany | 6.93s | Q | | 11.Emilya Kunova | Bulgaria | 7.05s | Q | | 13.María José Martínez |  Spain | 7.19s | | | 16.Lisbeth Nissen Pedersen | Denmark | 7.68s | | | -. Laurence Elloy | France | DNF | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 6.95s | Q | | 7. Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 6.96s | Q | | 8. Edith Oker | West Germany | 6.97s | Q | | 9. Laurence Monclar | France | 7.02s | q | | 12.Yvette Wray | Great Britain | 7.15s | q | | -. Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | DNS | |
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