| Final | time | | 1. Barbel Woeckel |  GDR | 22.04s | | 2. Kathy Smallwood |  GBR | 22.13s | | 3. Sabine Rieger | GDR | 22.51s | | 4. Gesine Walther | GDR | 22.60s | | 5. Beverly Callender | GBR | 22.91s | | 6. Anelia Nuneva |  BUL | 22.93s | | 7. Liliane Gaschet |  FRA | 22.97s | | 8. Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23.08s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Barbel Woeckel | GDR | 22.81s | | 2. Kathy Smallwood | GBR | 22.97s | | 3. Liliane Gaschet | FRA | 23.21s | | 4. Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 23.35s | | 5. Irina Olkhovnikova |  URS | 23.46s | | 6. Joan Baptiste | GBR | 23.88s | | 7. Heide Schmidt |  FRG | 23.88s | | 8. Mona Evjen |  NOR | 23.96m |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Sabine Rieger | GDR | 22.90s | | 2. Gesine Walther | GDR | 22.90s | | 3. Beverly Callender | GBR | 22.96s | | 4. Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23.39s | | 5. Heidi Gaugel | FRG | 23.45s | | 6. Elena Kelchevskaya | URS | 23.59s | | 7. Marisa Nasullo |  ITA | 23.74s | | 8. Ute Finger | FRG | 23.85s |
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