| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Johanna Klier |  East Germany | 7.94s | CR | 4 | | 2. Grażyna Rabsztyn |  Poland | 8.07s | | 1 | | 3. Silvia Kempin |  West Germany | 8.15s | | 2 | | 4. Tatyana Anisimova |  Soviet Union | 8.17s | | 3 | | 5. Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.26s | | 6 | | 6. Lidiya Gusheva |  Bulgaria | 8.32s | | 5 |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 11th March | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Johanna Klier | East Germany | 8.05s | Q | | 4. Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 8.17s | Q | | 5. Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.20s | Q | | 7. Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.22s | | | 9. Ursula Schalück | West Germany | 8.35s | | | 11.Patrizia Lombardo |  Italy | 8.54s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.00s | Q | | 3. Silvia Kempin | West Germany | 8.06s | Q | | 6. Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 8.21s | Q | | 8. Lorna Boothe |  Great Britain | 8.32s | | | 10.Lyubov Nikitenko | Soviet Union | 8.42s | | | -. Ileana Ongar | Italy | DNS | |
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Heats - Saturday, 11th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 6 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Silvia Kempin | West Germany | 8.11s | Q | | 4. Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 8.15s | Q | | 5. Elżbieta Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.21s | q | | 6. Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 8.24s | q | | 13.Ingunn Einarsdóttir |  Iceland | 9.03s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Johanna Klier | East Germany | 8.06s | Q | | 7. Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 8.29s | Q | | 9. Ileana Ongar | Italy | 8.42s | q | | 10.Ursula Schalück | West Germany | 8.51s | q |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.12s | Q | | 7. Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 8.29s | Q | | 11.Lyubov Nikitenko | Soviet Union | 8.55s | q | | 12.Patrizia Lombardo | Italy | 8.64s | q |
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