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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| 1. Silke Knoll |  West Germany | 23.24s | Q | | 7. Marie-Christine Cazier |  France | 23.72s | q | | 9. Monika ŀpičková |  Czechoslovakia | 23.86s | q | | 15.Helen Burkart |  Great Britain | 24.40s | | | 1. Natalya Kovtun |  Soviet Union | 23.05s | Q | | 5. Silke Knoll | West Germany | 23.42s | Q | | 6. Regula Anliker |  Switzerland | 23.57s | | | 8. Marie-Christine Cazier | France | 24.01s | | | 10.Cristina Castro |  Spain | 24.72s | | | 4. Sandra Myers | Spain | 23.08s | |
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| 5. Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 23.38s | Q | | 10.Cristina Castro | Spain | 23.93s | q | | 13.Jennifer Stoute | Great Britain | 24.03s | | | -. Lucrécia Jardim |  Portugal | DNF | | | 2. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 23.08s | Q | | 3. Sandra Myers | Spain | 23.15s | Q | | 4. Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 23.16s | q | | 7. Monika ŀpičková | Czechoslovakia | 23.88s | | | 9. Sisko Hanhijoki |  Finland | 24.30s | | | 2. Natalya Kovtun | Soviet Union | 23.01s | |
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| 2. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 23.27s | Q | | 3. Natalya Kovtun | Soviet Union | 23.36s | q | | 16.Blanca Lacambra | Spain | 24.60s | | | 1. Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 22.96s | |
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| 4. Sandra Myers | Spain | 23.37s | Q | | 8. Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.78s | q | | 14.Marisa Masullo |  Italy | 24.12s | | | 3. Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 23.04s | |
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