| Final | | time | | birth | | 1. Sofka Popova |  Bulgaria | 6.17s | =CR | 15.08.53 | | 2. Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 6.17s | =CR | 15.06.56 | | 3. Marita Koch |  East Germany | 6.19s | | 18.02.57 | | 4. Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 6.20s | | 02.09.57 | | 5. Olga Korotkova |  Soviet Union | 6.22s | | 26.12.60 | | 6. Wendy Hoyte |  Great Britain | 6.30s | | 17.12.57 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 3. Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 6.20s | Q | | 4. Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 6.21s | Q | | 5. Wendy Hoyte | Great Britain | 6.24s | Q | | 7. Helinä Laihorinne |  Finland | 6.28s | | | 9. Monika Hirsch |  West Germany | 6.32s | | | 12.Dorthe Rasmussen |  Denmark | 6.33s | NR |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Linda Haglund | Sweden | 6.17s | Q, CR | | 2. Marita Koch | East Germany | 6.19s | Q | | 6. Olga Korotkova | Soviet Union | 6.25s | Q | | 8. Laureen Beckles |  France | 6.29s | | | 9. Marisa Masullo |  Italy | 6.32s | | | 9. Christina Sussiek | West Germany | 6.32s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Marita Koch | East Germany | 6.26s | Q | | 10.Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | 6.35s | Q | | 11.Christina Sussiek | West Germany | 6.39s | q | | 15.Liliane Meganck |  Belgium | 6.45s | | | 17.Odile Madkaud | France | 6.46s | | | 19.Brigitte Haest |  Austria | 6.52s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 6.20s | Q, CR | | 2. Linda Haglund | Sweden | 6.20s | Q, CR | | 6. Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | 6.27s | q | | 7. Olga Korotkova | Soviet Union | 6.27s | q | | -. Karoline Käfer | Austria | DNS | | | -. Lisbeth Pedersen | Denmark | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Wendy Hoyte | Great Britain | 6.21s | Q | | 8. Marisa Masullo | Italy | 6.31s | Q | | 9. Laureen Beckles | France | 6.34s | q | | 12.Lena Möller | Sweden | 6.40s | | | 15.Dijana Sokač |  Yugoslavia | 6.45s | | | 18.Lidiya Gusheva | Bulgaria | 6.48s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 5. Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 6.26s | Q | | 12.Monika Hirsch | West Germany | 6.40s | Q | | 14.Laurence Bily | France | 6.42s | | | 20.Lena Wallin | Sweden | 6.63s | |
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