| Final | | time | | | 1. Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 7.27s | =WB | | 2. Petra Kandarr |  East Germany | 7.29s | NR | | 3. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 7.32s | NR | | 4. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 7.35s | | | 5. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 7.36s | | | 6. Doris Selmigkeit | East Germany | 7.43s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Petra Kandarr | East Germany | 7.33s | Q | | 7. Sylviane Telliez | France | 7.46s | Q | | 8. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 7.41s | Q | | 9. Ivanka Valkova |  Bulgaria | 7.42s | | | 10.Elke Hahmann | East Germany | 7.46s | | | 12.Tuula Rautanen |  Finland | 7.51s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 7.29s | Q, =WB | | 3. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 7.37s | Q | | 4. Doris Selmigkeit | East Germany | 7.37s | Q | | 5. Yordanka Yankova | Bulgaria | 7.38s | | | 6. Andrea Lynch |  Great Britain | 7.44s | | | 11.Mona-Lisa Strandvall | Finland | 7.50s | |
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Heats - Sunday, 10th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Sylviane Telliez | France | 7.39s | Q | | 9. Elke Hahmann | East Germany | 7.44s | Q | | 14.Brigitte Haest |  Austria | 7.59s | NR | | 17.Maria Żukowska | Poland | 7.64s | | | 25.Natalya Matveyeva |  Soviet Union | 7.81s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Petra Kandarr | East Germany | 7.34s | Q | | 3. Yordanka Yankova | Bulgaria | 7.38s | Q | | 6. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 7.42s | q | | 18.Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 7.65s | | | 18.Michèle Beugnet | France | 7.65s | | | 22.Ilona Bruzsenyák |  Hungary | 7.70s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 7.42s | Q | | 8. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 7.43s | Q | | 9. Christiane Krause | West Germany | 7.44s | q | | 16.Valeria Bufanu |  Romania | 7.61s | NR | | 24.Véronique Colonval |  Belgium | 7.78s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 5. Doris Selmigkeit | East Germany | 7.40s | Q | | 11.Tuula Rautanen | Finland | 7.48s | Q | | 14.Cecilia Molinari |  Italy | 7.59s | | | 23.Mieke van Wissen |  Netherlands | 7.74s | | | 26.Jarmila Nygrýnová |  Czechoslovakia | 7.83s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 2. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 7.36s | Q | | 12.Mona-Lisa Strandvall | Finland | 7.53s | Q | | 13.Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 7.57s | | | 18.Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 7.65s | | | 21.Christine Kepplinger | Austria | 7.67s | |
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