| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Kate Jobson |  Sweden | 1:04.7 | ECR | | 5 | | 2. Cornelia Gastelaars |  Netherlands | 1:05.0 | | +0.3s | 4 | | 3. Judith Grinham |  Great Britain | 1:05.4 | | +0.7s | 7 | | 4. Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 1:06.0 | | +1.3s | 6 | | 5. Diana Wilkinson | Great Britain | 1:06.1 | | +1.4s | 2 | | 6. Christel Steffin |  East Germany | 1:06.2 | | +1.5s | 1 | | 7. Ulvi Voog |  Soviet Union | 1:06.4 | | +1.7s | 3 | | 8. Takács Katalin |  Hungary | 1:07.8 | | +4.1s | 8 |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Kate Jobson | Sweden | 1:05.6 | Q | | 11.Karin Larsson | Sweden | 1:08.1 | | | 12.Hertha Haase |  West Germany | 1:08.6 | | | 13.Frost Héda |  France | 1:08.6 | | | 14.Jutta Olbrisch | East Germany | 1:09.4 | | | 17.Ginette Sendral | France | 1:11.4 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Ulvi Voog | Soviet Union | 1:06.2 | Q | | 6. Judith Grinham | Great Britain | 1:06.6 | Q | | 15.Alessandra Valle |  Italy | 1:09.7 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Cornelia Gastelaars | Netherlands | 1:04.7 | Q, ECR | | 5. Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 1:06.4 | Q | | 9. Ursula Winkler | West Germany | 1:07.7 | | | 10.Frank Mária | Hungary | 1:08.0 | | | 18.Giovanna Martinelli | Italy | 1:11.7 | | | 19.Selma Hassan |  Turkey | 1:22.1 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Diana Wilkinson | Great Britain | 1:06.4 | Q | | 7. Christel Steffin | East Germany | 1:07.2 | Q | | 8. Takács Katalin | Hungary | 1:07.5 | Q | | 16.Nora Novotny |  Austria | 1:10.5 | |
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