| Final | time | gap | | 1. Yulia Bogdanova |  Soviet Union | 1:11.89 | | | 2. Carola Nitschke |  East Germany | 1:13.12 | +1.23s | | 3. Ramona Reinke | East Germany | 1:13.76 | +1.87s | | 4. Dagmar Rehak |  West Germany | 1:13.84 | +1.95s | | 5. Margaret Kelly |  Great Britain | 1:14.14 | +2.25s | | 6. Eva-Marie Håkansson |  Sweden | 1:14.18 | +2.29s | | 7. Susanne Nielsson |  Denmark | 1:14.43 | +2.54s | | 8. Wijda Mazereeuw |  Netherlands | 1:14.74 | +2.85s |
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Heats - Friday, 19th August |
| Heat 1 | time | | Rk | | 1. Carola Nitschke | East Germany | 1:13.07 | | 3. | | 2. Margaret Kelly | Great Britain | 1:13.50 | NR | 4. | | 3. Susanne Nielsson | Denmark | 1:13.57 | NR | 6. | | 4. Rudd | Great Britain | 1:14.71 | | 9. | | 5. Van den Linden | Netherlands | 1:15.80 | | 11. | | 6. Peankauskaits | Soviet Union | 1:16.56 | | 14. | | 7. Hotescu |  Romania | 1:18.61 | | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | time | | Rk | | 1. Ramona Reinke | East Germany | 1:12.81 | | 2. | | 2. Dagmar Rehak | West Germany | 1:13.53 | | 5. | | 3. Eva-Marie Håkansson | Sweden | 1:14.25 | NR | 8. | | 4. Flessnerova |  Czechoslovakia | 1:16.29 | | 12. | | 5. Kiss |  Hungary | 1:16.65 | | 15. | | 6. Pizon |  Poland | 1:20.65 | | 18. | | 7. Hreidarsdottir |  Iceland | 1:24.63 | | 19. |
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| Heat 2 | time | | Rk | | 1. Yulia Bogdanova | Soviet Union | 1:11.20 | | 1. | | 2. Wijda Mazereeuw | Netherlands | 1:14.05 | NR | 7. | | 3. Havaas | Sweden | 1:14.88 | NR | 10. | | 4. Corniani |  Italy | 1:16.53 | NR | 13. | | 5. Sixt | West Germany | 1:18.06 | NR | 16. |
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