| Final | | time | | | 1. Bev Kinch |  Great Britain | 7.16s | | | 2. Anelia Nuneva |  Bulgaria | 7.23s | | | 3. Nelli Cooman |  Netherlands | 7.23s | NR | | 4. Jayne Christian | Great Britain | 7.30s | | | 5. Eva Murková |  Czechoslovakia | 7.35s | | | 6. Edith Oker |  West Germany | 7.42s | | | 7. Lena Möller |  Sweden | 7.42s | | | -. Els Vader | Netherlands | DNS | |
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| | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 7.25s | Q, NR | | 2. Bev Kinch | Great Britain | 7.26s | Q | | 5. Eva Murková | Czechoslovakia | 7.41s | Q | | 9. Daniela Ferrian |  Italy | 7.47s | | | 10.Linda Haglund | Sweden | 7.47s | | | 12.Dorthe Rasmussen |  Denmark | 7.53s | | | 15.Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 7.70s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Jayne Christian | Great Britain | 7.29s | Q | | 4. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 7.29s | Q | | 5. Els Vader | Netherlands | 7.41s | Q | | 5. Lena Möller | Sweden | 7.41s | q | | 8. Edith Oker | West Germany | 7.42s | q | | 11.Teresa Rioné |  Spain | 7.49s | | | 12.ŀtěpánka Sokolová | Czechoslovakia | 7.53s | | | 14.Pia Engström | Sweden | 7.64s | |
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