| Final 17:40 | time | | | 1. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 11.13s | CR NR | | 2. Renate Stecher |  East Germany | 11.23s | | | 3. Andrea Lynch |  Great Britain | 11.28s | | | 4. Lyudmila Maslakova |  Soviet Union | 11.36s | | | 5. Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 11.36s | | | 6. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen |  Finland | 11.42s | | | 7. Bärbel Eckert | East Germany | 11.46s | | | 8. Christina Heinich | East Germany | 11.63s | |
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Semi-Finals - Tuesday 03.09 16:20 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 11.34s | Q | | 2. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.34s | Q | | 3. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.38s | Q | | 4. Christina Heinich | East Germany | 11.48s | Q | | 5. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.53s | | | 6. Helen Golden | Great Britain | 11.59s | | | 7. Tatyana Chernikova | Soviet Union | 11.75s | | | 8. Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 11.90s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.15s | CR NR Q | | 2. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.35s | Q | | 3. Bärbel Eckert | East Germany | 11.43s | Q | | 4. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 11.46s | Q | | 5. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.49s | | | 6. Inge Helten | West Germany | 11.65s | | | 7. Wilma van den Berg |  Netherlands | 11.70s | | | 8. Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 11.72s | |
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Heats - Monday 02.09 | | First 3 and Best 4 progressed to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.54s | Q | | 2. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.76s | Q | | 3. Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.81s | Q | | 4. Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 11.95s | q | | 5. Cecilia Molinari |  Italy | 11.95s | | | 6. Brigitte Haest |  Austria | 12.03s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.39s | Q | | 2. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.54s | Q | | 3. Bärbel Eckert | East Germany | 11.63s | Q | | 4. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.75s | q | | 5. Rita Bottiglieri | Italy | 12.08s | | | 6. Judit Szabó |  Hungary | 12.40s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 11.31s | CR Q | | 2. Inge Helten | West Germany | 11.56s | Q | | 3. Helen Golden | Great Britain | 11.67s | Q | | 4. Zsuzsa Karoly | Hungary | 12.22s | | | 5. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 12.98s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 11.39s | Q | | 2. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.41s | Q | | 3. Christina Heinich | East Germany | 11.58s | Q | | 4. Tatyana Chernikova | Soviet Union | 11.79s | q | | 5. Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 11.92s | q | | 6. Laura Nappi | Italy | 12.01s | |
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