| Final | time | | 1. Barbel Eckert |  GDR | 22.37s | | 2. Annegret Richter |  FRG | 22.39s | | 3. Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.47s | | 4. Carla Bodendorf | GDR | 22.64s | | 5. Inge Helten | FRG | 22.68s | | 6. Tatyana Prorochenko |  URS | 23.03s | | 7. Denise Robertson |  AUS | 23.05s | | 8. Chantal Rega |  FRA | 23.09s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.68s | | 2. Carla Bodendorf | GDR | 22.84s | | 3. Inge Helten | FRG | 22.97s | | 4. Tatyana Prorochenko | URS | 23.03s | | 5. Marjorie Bailey |  CAN | 23.06s | | 6. Debra Armstrong |  USA | 23.16s | | 7. Carol Cummings |  JAM | 23.41s | | -.Raelene Boyle | AUS | DQ |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Baerbel Eckert | GDR | 22.71s | | 2. Annegret Richter | FRG | 22.90s | | 3. Denise Robertson | AUS | 22.91s | | 4. Chantal Rega | FRA | 23.00s | | 5. Patty Loverock | CAN | 23.09s | | 6. Chandra Cheeseborough | USA | 23.20s | | 7. Jacquel Pusey | JAM | 23.31s | | 8. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.38s |
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| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Carla Bodendorf | GDR | 23.20s | | 1. Debra Armstrong | USA | 23.20s | | 3. Annegret Richter | FRG | 23.35s | | 4. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.48s | | 5. Deborah Wells | AUS | 23.65s | | 6. Lea Alaerts |  BEL | 23.80s | | 7. Liliana Panayotova |  BUL | 23.87s | | 8. Susan Jowett |  NZL | 24.23s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.97s | | 2. Inge Helten | FRG | 23.09s | | 3. Tatyana Prorochenko | URS | 23.11s | | 4. Chantal Rega | FRA | 23.33s | | 5. Rose Allwood | JAM | 23.40s | | 6. Beverley Goddard |  GBR | 23.74s | | 7. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen |  FIN | 24.10s | | 8. Joanne McTaggart | CAN | 24.47s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Renate Stecher | GDR | 23.04s | | 2. Chandra Cheeseborough | USA | 23.19s | | 3. Marjorie Bailey | CAN | 23.24s | | 4. Jacquel Pusey | JAM | 23.42s | | 5. Catherine Delachanal | FRA | 23.65s | | 6. Silvia Schinzel |  AUT | 23.95s | | -.Annegret Kroniger | FRG | DNS |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Baerbel Eckert | GDR | 22.85s | | 2. Patty Loverock | CAN | 23.03s | | 3. Denise Robertson | AUS | 23.12s | | 4. Carol Cummings | JAM | 23.45s | | 5. Liudmila Maslakova | URS | 23.63s | | 6. Helen Golden | GBR | 23.94s | | 7. Freida Davy |  BAR | 24.27s | | -.lldiko Szabo |  HUN | DNS |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Chandra Cheeseborough | USA | 23.17s | | 2. Denise Robertson | AUS | 23.23s | | 3. Rose Allwood | JAM | 23.34s | | 4. Marjorie Bailey | CAN | 23.36s | | 5. Annegret Kroniger | FRG | 23.43s | | 6. Beverley Goddard | GBR | 23.64s | | -.Isabel Taylor |  CUB | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Baerbel Eckert | GDR | 23.78s | | 2. Susan Jowett | NZL | 24.12s | | 3. Joanne McTaggart | CAN | 24.35s | | 4. Freida Davy | BAR | 24.45s | | -. Carmen Valdes | CUB | DNS | | -. Brenda Morehead | USA | DNS | | -. Linda Haglund |  SWE | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Raelene Boyle | AUS | 23.12s | | 2. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.39s | | 3. Annegret Richter | FRG | 23.47s | | 4. Chantal Rega | FRA | 23.54s | | 5. Silvia Schinzel | AUT | 23.74s | | 6. Silvina Das G. Pereira |  BRA | 24.00s | | 7. Carolina Rieuwpassa |  INA | 24.86s | | -. Tuisorisori Miriama |  FIJ | DNS |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Debra Armstrong | USA | 23.18s | | 2. Catherine Delachanal | FRA | 23.38s | | 3. Inge Helten | FRG | 23.40s | | 4. Liudmila Maslakova | URS | 23.51s | | 5. Lea Alaerts | BEL | 23.53s | | 6. Helen Golden | GBR | 23.77s | | 7. Helen Ritter |  LIE | 26.15s | | 8. M. Louise Pierre |  HAI | 28.19s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Carla Bodendorf | GDR | 22.98s | | 2. Jacquel Pusey | JAM | 23.56s | | 3. Deborah Wells | AUS | 23.78s | | 4. lldiko Szabo | HUN | 24.35s | | 5. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | FIN | 24.52s | | -.Sonia Lannaman | GBR | DNS | | -.Rita Bottiglieri |  ITA | DNS |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.75s | | 2. Tatyana Prorochenko | URS | 23.21s | | 3. Patty Loverock | CAN | 23.34s | | 4. Liliana Panayotova | BUL | 23.49s | | 5. Carol Cummings | JAM | 23.50s | | 6. Divina Estrella |  DOM | 24.95s | | -. Fulgensia Romay | CUB | DNS |
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