| Final 17:30 Wind 1.4m/s 18°C | time | time el | | L | | 1. Ondina Valla |  Italy | 11.7s | 11.748s | =OR | 4 | | 2. Anni Steuer |  Germany | 11.7s | 11.809s | =OR | 3 | | 3. Betty Taylor |  Canada | 11.7s | 11.811s | =OR | 1 | | 4. Claudia Testoni | Italy | 11.7s | 11.818s | =OR | 2 | | 5. Kitty ter Braake |  Netherlands | 11.8s | 11.832s | | 5 | | 6. Doris Eckert | Germany | 12.0s | 12.190s | | 6 |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Cap.: 100,000. 22 competitors from 11 nations. |
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Semi-Finals - Wednesday 05.08 17:30 | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. Wind 2.8 m/s. 15°C |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Ondina Valla | Italy | 11.6s | =WR | | 2. Betty Taylor | Canada | 11.7s | | | 3. Anni Steuer | Germany | 11.7s | | | 4. Anne Vrana-O'Brien |  United States | 11.8s | | | 5. Violet Webb |  Great Britain | 11.8s | | | 6. Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou |  Greece | | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Kitty ter Braake | Netherlands | 11.8s | | | 2. Doris Eckert | Germany | 11.8s | | | 3. Claudia Testoni | Italy | 11.8s | | | 4. Simone Schaller | United States | | | | 5. Kathleen Tiffen | Great Britain | | | | 6. Tidye Pickett | United States | | |
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Heats - Wednesday 05.08 15:30 | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Semi-Finals. Wind 2.8 m/s. 17°C. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Claudia Testoni | Italy | 12.0s | | | 2. Kathleen Tiffen | Great Britain | 12.2s | | | 3. Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou | Greece | 12.6s | | | 4. Mathilde Puchberger |  Austria | | | | 5. Yvonne Mabille |  France | | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Violet Webb | Great Britain | 11.8s | | | 2. Doris Eckert | Germany | 12.0s | | | 3. Tidye Pickett | United States | 12.4s | | | 4. Miyoko Mitsui |  Japan | | | | 5. Veronika Kohlbach | Austria | | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Betty Taylor | Canada | 12.0s | | | 2. Anne Vrana-O'Brien | United States | 12.0s | | | 3. Anni Steuer | Germany | 12.1s | | | 4. Grethe Whitehead | Great Britain | 12.2s | | | 5. Agaath Doorgeest | Netherlands | | | | 6. Charlotte Machmer | Austria | | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Simone Schaller | United States | 11.8s | | | 2. Ondina Valla | Italy | 11.9s | | | 3. Kitty ter Braake | Netherlands | 12.0s | | | 4. Roxy Atkins | Canada | | | | 5. Hilde Klusenwerth | Germany | | | | 6. Zulejka Stefanini |  Yugoslavia | | |
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