Final | time | 1. Marita Koch | East Germany | 48.88s | 2. Jarmila Kratochvilova | Czechoslovakia | 49.46s | 3. Christina Lathan | East Germany | 49.66s | 4. Irina Nazarova | Soviet Union | 50.07s | 5. Nina Ziuskova | Soviet Union | 50.17s | 6. Gabriele Lowe | East Germany | 51.33s | 7. Pirjo Haggman | Finland | 51.35s | 8. Linsey Macdonald | Great Britain | 52.40s |
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| Venue: Central Lenin Stadium, Luzhniki 100,000. | 39 competitors from -- nations. |
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Semi 1 | time | 1. Marita Koch | East Germany | 50.57s | 2. Gabriele Lowe | East Germany | 50.85s | 3. Pirjo Heggman | Finland | 51.02s | 4. Nina Ziuskova | Soviet Union | 51.12s | 5. Liudmila Chernova | Soviet Union | 51.30s | 6. Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | Great Britain | 51.47s | 7. Malgorzata Dunecka | Poland | 51.93s | 8. Rossitsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 52.96s |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Christina Lathan | East Germany | 50.16s | 2. Irina Nazarova | Soviet Union | 50.18s | 3. Jarmila Kratochvilova | Czechoslovakia | 50.79s | 4. Linsey Macdonald | Great Britain | 51.60s | 5. Michelle Probert | Great Britain | 51.89s | 6. Ilona Pal | Hungary | 51.99s | 7. Grazyna Oliszewska | Poland | 52.36s | 8. Irena Szewinska | Poland | 53.13s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Christina Lathan | East Germany | 51.33s | 2. Ilona Pal | Hungary | 51.99s | 3. Michelle Probert | Great Britain | 52.16s | 4. Svobodka Damianova | Bulgaria | 52.23s | 5. Niculina Lazarciuc | Romania | 52.52s | 6. Ann-Louise Skoglund | Sweden | 52.78s | 7. Kehinde Vaughan | Nigeria | 53.54s | 8. Eugenia Osho-Williams | Siera Leone | 1:00.44 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | Great Britain | 52.24s | 2. Gabriele Lowe | East Germany | 52.43s | 3. Grazyna Oliszewska | Poland | 52.62s | 4. Mary Akinyemi | Nigeria | 52.64s | 5. Elena Tarfta | Romania | 52.96s | 6. Milena Andonova | Bulgaria | 53.30s | 7. Anne Michel | Belgium | 54.22s | 8. Acacia Mate | Mozambique | 1:00.90 |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Nina Ziuskova | Soviet Union | 51.42s | 2. Linsey Macdonald | Great Britain | 52.57s | 3. Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 52.71s | 4. Maria Samungi | Romania | 52.89s | 5. Sophie Malbranque | France | 53.46s | 6. Hala el-Moughrabi | Syria | 59.33s | 7. Xiomara Larios | Nicaragua | 1:01.50 | -. Rita Bottiglieri | Italy | DNS |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Jarmila Kratochvilova | Czechoslovakia | 51.04s | 2. Marita Koch | East Germany | 51.06s | 3. Liudmila Chernova | Soviet Union | 51.51s | 4. Malgorzata Dunecka | Poland | 51.81s | 5. Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 52.00s | 6. Gloria Ayanlaja | Nigeria | 53.55s | 7. Ruth Simpson | Jamaica | 55.59s | 8. Thi Ngoc Tran Anh | Vietnam | |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Irina Nazarova | Soviet Union | 51.66s | 2. Pirjo H¤ggman | Finland | 52.56s | 3. Irena Szewinska | Poland | 52.57s | 4. Karoline K¤fer | Austria | 52.82s | 5. Erika Rossi | Italy | 52.98s | 6. Judit Forgacs | Hungary | 53.06s | 7. Mariarne Boye | Senegal | 55.16s |
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