| Final | | time | | | 1. Gesine Walther |  East Germany | 22.80s | CR | | 2. Yelena Kelchevskaya |  Soviet Union | 23.35s | NR | | 3. Heide-Elke Gaugel |  West Germany | 23.39s | | | 4. Els Vader |  Netherlands | 23.89s | |
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| | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Gesine Walther | East Germany | 22.89s | Q, CR | | 3. Heide-Elke Gaugel | West Germany | 23.56s | Q | | 4. Irén Orosz |  Hungary | 23.61s | NR | | 7. Marie-Christine Cazier |  France | 23.82s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Yelena Kelchevskaya | Soviet Union | 23.45s | Q | | 5. Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.63s | Q | | 6. Ruth Patten |  Great Britain | 23.79s | | | 8. Nadezhda Georgieva |  Bulgaria | 23.85s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Heide-Elke Gaugel | West Germany | 23.68s | Q | | 5. Marie-Christine Cazier | France | 23.74s | Q | | 6. Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.84s | q |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Yelena Kelchevskaya | Soviet Union | 23.44s | Q | | 8. Irén Orosz | Hungary | 23.92s | Q | | 9. Claudia Steger | West Germany | 24.07s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Gesine Walther | East Germany | 23.36s | Q, CR | | 3. Nadezhda Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.57s | Q | | 7. Ruth Patten | Great Britain | 23.85s | q | | 10.Liliane Meganck |  Belgium | 24.65s | |
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