Final | | time | | 1. Verona Bernard-Elder | Great Britain | 52.68s | HeatF W400m | 2. Nadezhda Ilyina | Soviet Union | 53.21s | HeatF W400m | 3. Inta Kļimoviča | Soviet Union | 53.91s | HeatF W400m | 4. Lyudmila Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 54.01s | HeatF W400m |
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Heats - Saturday, 8th March | Winners of each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Verona Bernard-Elder | Great Britain | 53.99s | Q | 2. Lyudmila Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 54.19s | q | 5. Danuta Piecyk | Poland | 55.55s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Nadezhda Ilyina | Soviet Union | 54.29s | Q | 4. Inta Kļimoviča | Soviet Union | 54.48s | q | -. Yordanka Filipova | Bulgaria | DNF | |
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