| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati |  Hungary | 1:05.0 | ECR, NR | | 5 | | 2. Helga Lindner |  East Germany | 1:05.4 | NR | 0.4s | 4 | | 3. Edeltraut Koch |  West Germany | 1:05.8 | NR | 0.8s | 2 | | 4. Mirjana ŀegrt |  Yugoslavia | 1:05.9 | NR | 0.9s | 6 | | 5. Heike Nagel | West Germany | 1:06.2 | | 1.2s | 3 | | 6. Valentyina Tutajeva |  Soviet Union | 1:07.0 | | 2.0s | 1 | | 7. Viktorija Vaskevics | Soviet Union | 1:07.6 | | 2.6s | 7 | | 8. Janet Slavcheva |  Bulgaria | 1:08.5 | | 3.5s | 8 |
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| World Record: Alice Johnson, United States 1:04.1 Los Angeles, United States 20th August 1970 | | European Record: Ada Kok, Netherlands 1:04.5 Budapest, Hungary 14th August 1965 |
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Heats - Monday, 7th September | | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 1:06.7 | Q | | 6. Viktorija Vaskevics | Soviet Union | 1:07.7 | Q | | 11.Erika Feyerabendt | East Germany | 1:09.1 | | | 14.Agneta Sterner |  Romania | 1:09.5 | NR | | 15.Marie Janssen |  Netherlands | 1:09.7 | | | 18.Aurora Chamorro |  Spain | 1:11.4 | | | 21.Heidelinde Wells |  Austria | 1:11.7 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Helga Lindner | East Germany | 1:06.6 | Q | | 5. Edeltraut Koch | West Germany | 1:07.5 | Q | | 7. Valentyina Tutajeva | Soviet Union | 1:07.9 | Q | | 9. Frieke Buys | Netherlands | 1:08.7 | | | 10.Elisabeth Hjört |  Sweden | 1:08.9 | NR | | 17.Vivienne Smith |  Ireland | 1:11.0 | | | 26.Marta Palmieri |  Italy | 1:13.1 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Heike Nagel | West Germany | 1:06.8 | Q | | 12.Eva Wikner | Sweden | 1:09.4 | | | 15.Dianne Lansley |  Great Britain | 1:09.7 | | | 20.Moira Brown | Great Britain | 1:11.5 | | | 22.Faitlová Věra |  Czechoslovakia | 1:12.0 | | | 25.Zita Vyjidakova | Czechoslovakia | 1:13.0 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Mirjana ŀegrt | Yugoslavia | 1:07.1 | Q | | 8. Janet Slavcheva | Bulgaria | 1:08.4 | Q, NR | | 12.Zsuzsa Tóth | Hungary | 1:09.4 | | | 18.Margrit Thomet |  Switzerland | 1:11.4 | | | 23.Elisabeth Müllner | Austria | 1:12.4 | | | 24.Eva Sigg |  Finland | 1:12.9 | | | 27.Anasztazia Konsztantinidu |  Greece | 1:19.0 | |
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