| Final | | time | | | 1. Annerose Fiedler |  East Germany | 8.08s | | | 2. Grażyna Rabsztyn |  Poland | 8.08s | | | 3. Meta Antenen |  Switzerland | 8.19s | =NR | | 4. Judy Vernon |  Great Britain | 8.25s | | | 5. Tatyana Vorokhobko |  Soviet Union | 8.26s | | | 6. Ilona Bruzsenyák |  Hungary | 8.39s | | | -. Teresa Nowak | Poland | DNF | | | -. Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | DNS | |
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| | First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 7.90s | Q, WB | | 3. Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 8.19s | Q, NR | | 6. Judy Vernon | Great Britain | 8.23s | Q | | 7. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 8.27s | Q | | 8. Valeria Ștefănescu |  Romania | 8.28s | | | 12.Carmen Mähr |  Austria | 8.56s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Annerose Fiedler | East Germany | 8.10s | Q | | 4. Tatyana Vorokhobko | Soviet Union | 8.20s | Q | | 5. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.22s | Q | | 9. Ilona Bruzsenyák | Hungary | 8.31s | Q | | 10.Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 8.34s | | | 11.Mieke van Wissen-Sterk |  Netherlands | 8.46s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 8.04s | Q | | 3. Tatyana Vorokhobko | Soviet Union | 8.27s | Q | | 4. Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 8.30s | Q | | 6. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.32s | Q | | 9. Silvia Käwel |  West Germany | 8.38s | | | 15.Ivanka Koshnicharska |  Bulgaria | 8.63s | | | 16.Rita Bottiglieri |  Italy | 8.75s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Annerose Fiedler | East Germany | 8.17s | Q | | 5. Judy Vernon | Great Britain | 8.31s | Q | | 7. Ilona Bruzsenyák | Hungary | 8.35s | Q | | 11.Mieke van Wissen-Sterk | Netherlands | 8.41s | Q | | 13.Chantal Réga |  France | 8.48s | | | 16.Natalya Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 8.75s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 8. Valeria Ștefănescu | Romania | 8.37s | Q | | 9. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 8.38s | Q | | 11.Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 8.41s | Q | | 14.Carmen Mähr | Austria | 8.52s | Q | | 18.Antonella Battaglia | Italy | 8.82s | | | -. Florence Picaut | France | DNF | |
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