| Final | time | age | | 1. Irena Kirszenstein |  POL | 22.5s | | 2. Raelene Boyle |  AUS | 22.7s | | 3. Jennifer Lamy | AUS | 22.8s | | 4. Barbara Ferrell |  USA | 22.9s | | 5. Nicole Montandon |  FRA | 23.0s | | 6. Wyomia Tyus | USA | 23.0s | | 7. Margaret Bailes | USA | 23.1s | | 8. Jutta Stock |  FRG | 23.2s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.9s | | 2. Wyomia Tyus | USA | 23.1s | | 3. Irena Kirszenstein | POL | 23.2s | | 4. Jutta Stöck | FRG | 23.4s | | 5. Liudmila Samotesova |  URS | 23.4s | | 6. Lillian Board |  GBR | 23.4s | | 7. Dianne Burge | AUS | 23.6s | | -. Marijana Lubej |  YUG | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Barbara Ferrell | USA | 22.8s | | 2. Jennifer Lamy | AUS | 22.8s | | 3. Margaret Bailes | USA | 22.9s | | 4. Nicole Montandon | FRA | 23.0s | | 5. Vera Popkova | URS | 23.2s | | 6. Miguelina Cobian |  CUB | 23.3s | | 7. Una Morris |  JAM | 23.5s | | 8. Geertruida Hennipman |  HOL | 23.5s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Liudmila Samotesova | URS | 23.1s | | 2. Margaret Bailes | USA | 23.1s | | 3. Nicole Montandon | FRA | 23.3s | | 4. Marijana Lubej | YUG | 23.9s | | 5. Eva Gleskova |  CHE | 24.0s | | 6. Gyorgyi Balogh |  HUN | 24.1s | | 7. A-Mei Tien |  TWN | 25.5s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Raelene Boyle | AUS | 23.0s | | 2. Vera Popkova | URS | 23.3s | | 3. Geertruida Hennipman | HOL | 23.4s | | 4. Lillian Board | GBR | 23.4s | | 5. Irene Piotrowski |  CAN | 23.7s | | 6. Vilma Charlton | JAM | 24.3s | | 7. Josefa Vicent |  URG | 24.8s | | 8. Chui-Mei Yeh | TWN | 25.5s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Barbara Ferrell | USA | 22.9s | | 2. Jennifer Lamy | AUS | 23.1s | | 3. Jutta Stock | FRG | 23.3s | | 4. Wilhelmina Van Den Berg | HOL | 23.5s | | 5. Maureen Tranter | GBR | 23.5s | | 6. Liudmila Golomazova | URS | 23.7s | | 7. Alice Anum |  GHA | 23.9s | | 8. Karin Wallgren |  SWE | 24.2s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Wyomia Tyus | USA | 23.4s | | 2. Dianne Burge | AUS | 23.6s | | 3. Fulgencia Romay | CUB | 23.7s | | 4. Oyeronke Akindele |  NGR | 23.9s | | 5. Alicia Kaufmanas |  ARG | 24.4s | | 6. Halina Herrmann | FRG | 24.7s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Irena Kirszenstein | POL | 23.2s | | 2. Miguelina Cobian | CUB | 23.4s | | 3. Una Morris | JAM | 23.7s | | 4. Silviane Telliez | FRA | 23.8s | | 5. Mieke Sterk | HOL | 24.0s | | 6. Rita Jahn | FRG | 24.0s | | 7. Esperanza Girón |  MEX | 25.3s |
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