| Final 17:30 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher |  East Germany | 22.70s | CR | | 2. Györgyi Balogh |  Hungary | 23.26s | | | 3. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 23.32s | | | 4. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya |  Soviet Union | 23.42s | | | 5. Annegret Kroniger |  West Germany | 23.62s | | | 6. Rita Wilden | West Germany | 23.62s | | | 7. Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 23.63s | | | 8. Christine Heinich | East Germany | 23.73s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 23.37s | Q | | 2. Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 23.42s | Q | | 3. Rita Wilden | West Germany | 23.50s | Q | | 4. Christine Heinich | East Germany | 23.62s | Q | | 5. Urszula Jóźwik | Poland | 24.01s | | | 6. Wilma van den Berg |  Netherlands | 24.02s | | | 7. Gabrielle Meyer |  France | 24.31s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 23.26s | Q | | 2. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 23.54s | Q | | 3. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 23.60s | Q | | 4. Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 23.68s | Q | | 5. Margaret Critchley |  Great Britain | 23.91s | | | 6. Trudy Ruth | Netherlands | 23.92s | | | 7. Helga Kapfer |  Austria | 24.11s | | | 8. Annelie Wilden | West Germany | 24.46s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 23.83s | Q | | 2. Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 24.13s | Q | | 3. Helga Kapfer | Austria | 24.15s | Q | | 4. Margaret Critchley | Great Britain | 24.21s | Q | | 5. Barbara Bakulin | Poland | 24.57s | | | -. Nikanorova | Soviet Union | DNS | | | -. Venkova |  Bulgaria | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 23.83s | Q | | 2. Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 23.85s | Q | | 3. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 25.61s | Q | | -. Nikoforova-Sidorova | Soviet Union | DNS | | -. Neil | Great Britain | DNS | | only 3 finished! |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Christine Heinich | East Germany | 23.82s | Q | | 2. Trudy Ruth | Netherlands | 23.98s | Q | | 3. Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 24.32s | Q | | 4. Annelie Wilden | West Germany | 24.51s | Q | | 5. Elisabeth Randerz |  Sweden | 24.81s | | | -. Kaefer | Austria | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Rita Wilden | West Germany | 23.64s | Q | | 2. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 23.74s | Q | | 3. Urszula Jóźwik | Poland | 24.14s | Q | | 4. Gabrielle Meyer | France | 24.25s | Q | | 5. Karin Lundgren | Sweden | 24.61s | | | 6. Della Pascoe | Great Britain | 24.66s | |
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