| Gold Medal Final (2-1) | time 1 | time 2 | time 3 | | 1. Erika Salumäe | URS | | 12.00s | 15.58 | | 2. Christa Luding-Rothenburger | GDR | 11.68s | | |
| Bronze medal Final (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | time 3 | | 3. Connie Paraskevin-Young | USA | 14.07s | 12.41 | | | 4. Isabelle Gautheron | FRA | | | |
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| Format | | 1. Qualification - All participants complete one timed individual sprint, with their times deciding seeding in the eighth-finals. | | 2. Eighth-Finals - Four sprints with three cyclists in each. Winners advanced to Quareter-Finals. Rest to Repechages. | | 3. Repechages - Head-to-head. | | 4. Quarter-Finals - Head-to-head, best of three sprints. | | 5. Semi-Finals - Head-to-head, best of three sprints. | | 6. Finals - Head-to-head, best of three sprints. Four-cyclist | 4 | sprint was held to decide fifth to eighth places. |
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| Schedule | | 21 September: Qualification, 1/8 Finals and 1/8 Repechage | | 22 September: 1/4 Finals | | 23 September: Semi-finals and Final 5th–8th places | | 24 September: Final |
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| Semi 1 (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | time 3 | | 1. Erika Salumäe | URS||URS | 12.38s | 12.22s | | | 2. Connie Paraskevin-Young | USA||USA | | | |
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| Semi 2 (1-2) | time 1 | time 2 | time 3 | | 2. Isabelle Gautheron | FRA||FRA | | | | | 1. Christa Luding-Rothenburger | GDR||GDR | 11.92s | 11.92s | 11.89s |
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| Quarter 1 (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | | 1. Erika Salumäe | URS||URS | 12.34s | 11.81s | | 2. Louise Jones | GBR||GBR | | |
| Quarter 2 (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | | 1. Isabelle Gautheron | FRA||FRA | 12.13s | 11.90s | | 2. Yang Hsiu-chen | TPE||TPE | | |
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| Quarter 3 (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | | 1. Christa Luding-Rothenburger | GDR||GDR | 11.80s | 11.63s | | 2. Julie Speight | AUS||AUS | | |
| Quarter 4 (2-0) | time 1 | time 2 | | 1. Connie Paraskevin-Young | USA||USA | 12.85s | 12.94s | | 2. Zhou Suying | CHN||CHN | | |
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| Repechage 1 | time | | 1. Yang Hsiu-chen | TPE||TPE | 12.80s | | 2. Beth Tabor | CAN||CAN | |
| Repechage 2 | time | | 1. Seiko Hashimoto | JPN||JPN | | | 2. Louise Jones | GBR||GBR | 12.36s |
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| Repechage 3 | time | | 1. Zhou Suying | CHN||CHN | 12.65s | | 2. Elisabetta Fanton | ITA||ITA | |
| Repechage 4 | time | | 1. Julie Speight | AUS||AUS | 13.04s | | 2. Kim Jin-yeong | KOR||KOR | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Erika Salumäe | URS | 12.83s | | 2. Yang Hsiu-chen | TPE | | | 3. Kim Jin-yeong | KOR | |
| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Isabelle Gautheron | FRA | 12.22s | | 2. Seiko Hashimoto | JPN | | | 3. Elisabetta Fanton | ITA | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Christa Luding-Rothenburger | GDR | 12.24s | | 2. Zhou Suying | CHN | | | 3. Louise Jones | GBR | |
| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Connie Paraskevin-Young | USA | 12.11s | | 2. Julie Speight | AUS | | | 3. Beth Tabor | CAN | |
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