| Final | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | 11.1s | CR | | 2. Maureen Dyson |  Great Britain | 11.6s | | | 3. Micheline Ostermeyer |  France | 11.7s | | | 4. Aleksandra Yakusheva |  Soviet Union | 11.7s | | | 5. Jean Desforges | Great Britain | 11.8s | | | 6. Elene Gokieli | Soviet Union | 11.8s | |
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Heats Friday, 25th August 16:55 |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Maureen Dyson | Great Britain | 11.5s | CR Q | | 2. Elene Gokieli | Soviet Union | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Claudie Flament | France | 12.1s | | | 4. Wilhelmina Lust | Netherlands | 12.2s | | | 5. Maria Musso |  Italy | 12.3s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 11.3s | CR Q | | 2. Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Sheila Pratt | Great Britain | 12.0s | | | 4. Elfriede Steurer |  Austria | 12.2s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Jean Desforges | Great Britain | 11.7s | Q | | 2. Aleksandra Yakusheva | Soviet Union | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Yvette Monginou | France | 12.0s | | | 4. Nel de Vos | Netherlands | 12.6s | | | 5. Gertrud Heusser |  Switzerland | 13.3s | | | 6. Jenny van Gerdinge |  Belgium | 13.5s | |
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