| Final | | time | | | 1. Anneliese Ehrhardt |  East Germany | 6.85s | =WB | | 2. Teresa Sukniewicz |  Poland | 6.94s | NR | | 3. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 7.05s | | | 4. Meta Antenen |  Switzerland | 7.05s | | | 5. Margit Bach |  West Germany | 7.10s | | | 6. Carmen Mähr |  Austria | 7.40s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Anneliese Ehrhardt | East Germany | 6.85s | Q, WB | | 2. Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 6.98s | Q, NR | | 3. Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 7.01s | Q, NR | | 6. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 7.11s | | | 8. Mary Peters |  Great Britain | 7.16s | NR | | 11.Lyubov Kononova |  Soviet Union | 7.45s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 4. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 7.04s | Q | | 5. Margit Bach | West Germany | 7.09s | Q, NR | | 7. Carmen Mähr | Austria | 7.15s | Q, NR | | 9. Tatyana Poluboyarova | Soviet Union | 7.17s | | | 10.Ann Wilson | Great Britain | 7.21s | | | -. Valeria Bufanu |  Romania | DNS | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 6.33s | Q, NR | | 9. Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 6.47s | Q | | 16.Laura Nappi |  Italy | 6.59s | | | 17.Mariana Goth | Romania | 6.60s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Tatyana Poluboyarova | Soviet Union | 7.09s | Q | | 5. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 7.11s | Q | | 6. Margit Bach | West Germany | 7.14s | q, NR | | 8. Mary Peters | Great Britain | 7.17s | q, NR | | 14.Gunhild Olsson |  Sweden | 7.29s | NR | | 21.Doris Langhans | Austria | 7.53s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 7.05s | Q, NR | | 7. Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 7.15s | Q, NR | | 10.Ann Wilson | Great Britain | 7.22s | q | | 11.Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 7.23s | q | | 15.Jacqueline André |  France | 7.31s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Anneliese Ehrhardt | East Germany | 6.87s | Q, WB | | 8. Carmen Mähr | Austria | 7.17s | Q, NR | | 12.Ivanka Koshnicharska |  Bulgaria | 7.26s | | | 15.Elfriede Meierholz | West Germany | 7.31s | | | 18.Viera Sláviková |  Czechoslovakia | 7.40s | |
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