| Final 17:85 | time | | | 1. Petra Vogt |  GDR | 11.6s | 11.66s | | | 2. Wilma van den Berg |  NED | 11.7s | 11.74s | | | 3. Anita Neil |  GBR | 11.8s | 11.81s | | | 4. Valerie Peat | GBR | 11.8s | 11.87s | | | 5. Karin Balzer | GDR | 11.8s | 11.88s | | | 6. Regina Höfer | GDR | 11.8s | 11.90s | | | 7. Eva Glesková |  TCH | 11.8s | 11.90s | | | 8. Sylviane Telliez |  FRA | 11.9s | 11.92s | |
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| History Women 100m | | World Record: Tyus (USA) 11.0s | | European Record: Kirzszenstein (POL) 11.1s, Samotiesova (URS) 11.1s | | Semi-Finals | | Heats |
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Semi-Finals - Wednesday 17.09 16:40 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Petra Vogt | GDR | 11.7s | Q | | 2. Anita Neil | GBR | 11.7s | Q | | 3. Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 11.8s | Q | | 4. Regina Höfer | GDR | 11.9s | Q | | 5. Mirosława Sarna |  POL | 12.0s | | | 6. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya |  URS | 12.0s | | | 7. Lyudmila Mikhailova | URS | 12.2s | | | -. Mariana Goth |  ROU | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Wilma van den Berg | NED | 11.7s | Q | | 2. Karin Balzer | GDR | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Valerie Peat | GBR | 11.9s | Q | | 4. Eva Glesková | TCH | 11.9s | Q | | 5. Else Hadrup |  DEN | 12.0s | | | 6. Danuta Jędrejek | POL | 12.1s | | | 7. Galina Mitrokhina | URS | 12.1s | | | -. Madeleine Cobb | GBR | DNS | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Karin Balzer | GDR | 11.9s | Q | | 2. Else Hadrup | DEN | 12.0s | Q | | 3. Mirosława Sarna | POL | 12.0s | Q | | 4. Mariana Goth | ROU | 12.2s | Q | | 5. Anne Van Rensbergen |  BEL | 12.2s | | | 6. Ivanka Venkova |  BUL | 12.6s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Petra Vogt | GDR | 11.6s | Q | | 2. Anita Neil | GBR | 11.9s | Q | | 3. Danuta Jędrejek | POL | 12.1s | Q | | 4. Galina Mitrokhina | URS | 12.2s | Q | | 5. Dominique Descatoire | FRA | 12.7s | | | 6. Annette Berger |  LUX | 12.9s | | | 7. Kristín Jónsdóttir |  ISL | 13.3s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Valerie Peat | GBR | 12.0s | Q | | 2. Regina Höfer | GDR | 12.1s | Q | | 3. Eva Glesková | TCH | 12.2s | Q | | 4. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 12.3s | Q | | 5. Mona-Lisa Strandvall |  FIN | 12.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Wilma van den Berg | NED | 11.9s | Q | | 2. Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 12.0s | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Mikhailova | URS | 12.2s | Q | | 4. Madeleine Cobb | GBR | 12.2s | Q | | 5. Erika Kren |  AUT | 12.4s | | | 6. Gun Olsson |  SWE | 12.6s | |
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