| | | Final |  | time |  |  | 1. Irina Press |  Soviet Union | 8.1s |  |  | 2. Gundula Diel |  East Germany | 8.4s |  |  | 3. Inge Schell |  West Germany | 8.4s |  |  | 4. Marlène Canguio |  France | 8.5s |  |  | 5. Françoise Masse |  France | 8.5s |  |  | 6. Alena Hiltscherová |  Czechoslovakia | 8.6s |  | 
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 |  |  | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time |  |  | Semi 2 |  | time |  |  | 1. Gundula Diel |  East Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 2. Alena Hiltscherová |  Czechoslovakia | 8.4s | Q |  | 3. Françoise Masse |  France | 8.4s | Q |  | 4. Renate Balck |  West Germany | 8.5s |  |  | 5. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  Sweden | 8.6s |  |  | 6. Nina Hansen |  Denmark | 8.7s |  | 
 |  | | 1. Irina Press |  Soviet Union | 8.3s | Q |  | 2. Inge Schell |  West Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 3. Marlène Canguio |  France | 8.4s | Q |  | 4. Meta Antenen |  Switzerland | 8.7s |  |  | 5. Marijana Lubej |  Yugoslavia | 8.8s |  | 
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 | | Heat 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Inge Schell |  West Germany | 8.5s | Q |  | 2. Marlène Canguio |  France | 8.5s | Q |  | 3. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  Sweden | 8.6s | q |  | 4. Marijana Lubej |  Yugoslavia | 8.8s | q | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  |  | 1. Irina Press |  Soviet Union | 8.3s | Q |  | 2. Renate Balck |  West Germany | 8.6s | Q |  | 3. Nina Hansen |  Denmark | 8.7s | q | 
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 | | Heat 3 |  | time |  |  | 1. Gundula Diel |  East Germany | 8.4s | Q |  | 2. Françoise Masse |  France | 8.5s | Q |  | 3. Alena Hiltscherová |  Czechoslovakia | 8.7s | q |  | 4. Meta Antenen |  Switzerland | 8.6s | q | 
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