| Final | | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher |  East Germany | 6.25s | WB | | 2. Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 6.28s | NR | | 3. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 6.31s | NR | | 4. Inge Helten | West Germany | 6.34s | | | 5. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 6.34s | | | 6. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 6.39s | NR |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 6.33s | Q, NR | | 4. Inge Helten | West Germany | 6.39s | Q | | 5. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 6.42s | Q | | 8. Madeleine Cobb |  Great Britain | 6.49s | | | 11.Michèle Beugnet | France | 6.52s | | | 12.Christine Kepplinger |  Austria | 6.54s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 6.32s | Q, =WB | | 3. Sylviane Telliez | France | 6.35s | Q | | 6. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 6.44s | Q | | 7. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 6.46s | | | 9. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya |  Soviet Union | 6.50s | | | 10.Monika Holzschuster | Austria | 6.50s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 6.33s | Q, NR | | 9. Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 6.47s | Q | | 16.Laura Nappi |  Italy | 6.59s | | | 17.Mariana Goth |  Romania | 6.60s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Sylviane Telliez | France | 6.37s | Q | | 6. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 6.42s | Q | | 13.Aurelia Mărăşescu | Romania | 6.55s | | | 15.Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 6.57s | | | 19.Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 6.62s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Inge Helten | West Germany | 6.36s | Q | | 5. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 6.40s | Q | | 7. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 6.44s | q | | 12.Monika Holzschuster | Austria | 6.51s | q | | 13.Tuula Rautanen |  Finland | 6.55s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 6.35s | Q | | 8. Michèle Beugnet | France | 6.46s | Q | | 10.Irena Szewińska | Poland | 6.49s | q | | 11.Christine Kepplinger | Austria | 6.50s | q | | 18.Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 6.61s | |
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