| Final | time | | | | 1. Karin Balzer |  GDR | 13.3s | 13.29s | CR | | 2. Bärbel Podeswa | GDR | 13.6s | 13.68s | | | 3. Teresa Nowak |  POL | 13.7s | 13.77s | | | 4. Lia Khitrina |  URS | 13.8s | 13.86s | | | 5. Teresa Sukniewicz | POL | 13.8s | 13.89s | | | 6. Regina Höfer | GDR | 13.9s | 13.96s | | | 7. Christine Perera |  GBR | 14.0s | 14.03s | | | 8. Sirkka Norrlund |  FIN | 14.1s | 14.16s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Teresa Nowak | POL | 13.7s | CR Q | | 2. Bärbel Podeswa | GDR | 13.7s | CR Q | | 3. Lia Khitrina | URS | 13.7s | CR Q | | 4. Christine Perera | GBR | 14.1s | Q | | 5. Marlène Canguio |  FRA | 14.1s | | | 6. Milena Piackova |  TCH | 14.5s | | | 7. Emina Pilav |  YUG | 14.8s | | | 8. Gun Olsson |  SWE | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Karin Balzer | GDR | 13.5s | CR Q | | 2. Regina Höfer | GDR | 13.8s | Q | | 3. Teresa Sukniewicz | POL | 14.0s | Q | | 4. Sirkka Norrlund | FIN | 14.0s | Q | | 5. Jeanne Schoebel | FRA | 14.1s | | | 6. Susan Hayward | GBR | 14.1s | | | 7. Magaly Vettorazzo |  ITA | 14.8s | | | -. Eva Kucmanová | TCH | DNS | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Lia Khitrina | URS | 13.7s | CR Q | | 2. Teresa Sukniewicz | POL | 13.9s | Q | | 3. Jeanne Schoebel | FRA | 14.1s | Q | | 4. Magaly Vettorazzo | ITA | 14.7s | Q |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Teresa Nowak | POL | 14.1s | Q | | 2. Milena Piackova | TCH | 14.3s | Q | | 3. Sirkka Norrlund | FIN | 14.3s | Q | | 4. Regina Höfer | GDR | 14.4s | Q | | 5. Anne Van Rensbergen |  BEL | 14.6s | | | -. Meta Antenen |  SUI | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Bärbel Podeswa | GDR | 14.0s | Q | | 2. Susan Hayward | GBR | 14.3s | Q | | 3. Eva Kucmanová | TCH | 14.7s | Q | | 4. Emina Pilav | YUG | 14.9s | Q | | 5. Charoula Sasagianni |  GRE | 15.9s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Karin Balzer | GDR | 14.0s | Q | | 2. Marlène Canguio | FRA | 14.4s | Q | | 3. Christine Perera | GBR | 14.4s | Q | | 4. Gun Olsson | SWE | 14.7s | Q |
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