| Final | time |   |  | 1. Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |   United States | 12.84s |   |  | 2. Shirley Strong |   Great Britain | 12.88s |   |  | 3. Kim Turner |   United States | 13.06s |   |  | 3. Michèle Chardonnet |   France | 13.06s |   |  | 5. Glynis Nunn |   Australia | 13.20s |   |  | 6. Marie-Noëlle Savigny |   France | 13.28s |   |  | 7. Ulrike Denk |   West Germany | 13.32s |   |  | 8. Pam Page |   United States | 13.40s |   |   
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|   |  | Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 100,000. -- competitors from -- nations. |   
                   
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| Semi 1 | time |   |  | 1. Kim Turner |   United States | 13.11s | Q |  | 2. Shirley Strong |   Great Britain | 13.16s | Q |  | 3. Marie-Noëlle Savigny |   France | 13.30s | Q |  | 4. Pam Page |   United States | 13.36s | Q |  | 5. Edith Oker |   West Germany | 13.37s |   |  | 6. Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave |   Canada | 13.42s |   |  | 7. Cécile Ngambi |   Cameroon | 13.70s |   |  | 8. Sophia Hunter |   Jamaica | 13.84s |   |   
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| Semi 2 | time |   |  | 1. Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |   United States | 12.98s | Q |  | 2. Michèle Chardonnet |   France | 13.09s | Q |  | 3. Glynis Nunn |   Australia | 13.14s | Q |  | 4. Ulrike Denk |   West Germany | 13.20s | Q |  | 5. Sharon Danville |   Great Britain | 13.35s |   |  | 6. Maria Usifo |   Nigeria | 13.52s |   |  | 7. Liu Huajin |   China | 13.57s |   |  | 8. Sue Bradley-Kameli |   Canada | 13.65s |   |   
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| Heat 1 | time |   |  | 1. Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |   United States | 13.13s |   |  | 2. Michèle Chardonnet |   France | 13.46s |   |  | 3. Sharon Danville |   Great Britain | 13.46s |   |  | 4. Cécile Ngambi |   Cameroon | 13.54s |   |  | 5. Karen Nelson |   Canada | 13.77s |   |  | 6. Barbara Ingiro |   Papua New Guinea | 15.39s |   |   
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| Heat 2 | time |   |  | 1. Shirley Strong |   Great Britain | 12.86ws | Q |  | 2. Edith Oker |   West Germany | 13.14ws | Q |  | 3. Glynis Nunn |   Australia | 13.29ws | Q |  | 4. Sophia Hunter |   Jamaica | 13.44ws | Q |  | 5. Liu Huajin |   China | 13.64ws |   |  | 6. Elissavet Pantazi |   Greece | 14.20ws |   |   
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| Heat 3 | time |   |  | 1. Ulrike Denk |   West Germany | 13.32s | Q |  | 2. Kim Turner |   United States | 13.33s | Q |  | 3. Marie-Noëlle Savigny |   France | 13.36s | Q |  | 4. Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave |   Canada | 13.47s | Q |  | 5. Semra Aksu |   Turkey | 13.96s |   |   
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| Heat 4 | time |   |  | 1. Pam Page |   United States | 13.32s | Q |  | 2. Maria Usifo |   Nigeria | 13.54s | Q |  | 3. Sue Bradley-Kameli |   Canada | 13.72s | Q |  | 4. Beatriz Capotosto |   Argentina | 13.90s | Q |  | 5. Laurence Elloy-Machabey |   France | 13.98s |   |   
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