Final | time | 1. Olga Bryzguina | URS | 48.65s | 2. Petra Mueller | GDR | 49.45s | 3. Olga Nazarova | URS | 49.90s | 4. Valerie Brisco | USA | 50.16s | 5. Diane Dixon | USA | 50.72s | 6. Denean Howard | USA | 51.12s | 7. Helga Arendt | FRG | 51.17s | 8. Maree Holland | AUS | 51.25s |
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| Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul. Capp.: 69,950. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Olga Nazarova | URS | 49.11s | 2. Petra Mueller | GDR | 49.50s | 3. Diane Dixon | USA | 49.84s | 4. Denean Howard | USA | 49.87s | 5. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 49.91s | 6. Ute Thimm | FRG | 50.28s | 7. Marita Payne Wiggins | CAN | 50.29s | 8. Dagmar Neubauer | GDR | 50.92s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Olga Bryzguina | URS | 49.33s | 2. Valerie Brisco | USA | 49.90s | 3. Maree Holland | AUS | 50.24s | 4. Helga Arendt | FRG | 50.36s | 5. Kirsten Emmelmann | GDR | 50.39s | 6. Cathy Rattray-Williams | JAM | 50.82s | 7. Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 51.63s | 8. Norfalia Carabali | COL | 52.65s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Maree Holland | AUS | 50.90s | 2. Kirsten Emmelmann | GDR | 51.02s | 3. Denean Howard | USA | 51.02s | 4. Ute Thimm | FRG | 51.18s | 5. Maria Figueiredo | BRA | 51.32s | 6. Airat Bakare | NGR | 52.86s | 7. Loreen Hall | GBR | 53.42s | -. Nathalie Simon | FRA | DNS |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Olga Bryzguina | URS | 51.90s | 2. Diane Dixon | USA | 51.98s | 3. Helga Arendt | FRG | 52.08s | 4. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 52.33s | 5. Sandie Richards | JAM | 52.90s | 6. Evecyne Elien | FRA | 53.36s | 7. Sumei Sun | CHN | 53.58s | 8. Yolande Straughn | BAR | 54.22s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Petra Mueller | GDR | 51.45s | 2. Marita Payne Wiggins | CAN | 51.73s | 3. Norfalia Carabali | COL | 51.76s | 4. Cathy Rattray-Williams | JAM | 51.81s | 5. Linda Keough | GBR | 51.91s | 6. Yvonne Van Dorp | @.HOL | 53.50s | 7. Liliana Chala | ECU | 53.83s | 8. Mercy Kuttan Math Alapurackal | IND | 53.93s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Olga Nazarova | URS | 50.26s | 2. Valerie Brisco | USA | 51.24s | 3. Dagmar Neubauer | GDR | 51.48s | 4. Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 51.64s | 5. Celestine Ndrin | CIV | 52.04s | 6. Aissatou Tandian | SEN | 52.33s | 7. Fabienne Ficher | FRA | 52.95s | 8. Blanca Lacambra | ESP | 53.76s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Olga Nazarova | URS | 52.18s | 2. Blanca Lacambra | ESP | 53.04s | 3. Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 53.58s | 4. Liliana Chala | ECU | 53.74s | 5. Pat Beckford | GBR | 54.39s | 6. Kyoung-Hee Yang | KOR | 58.18s | 7. Juliana Nsang Obiang | GEQ | 67.58s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Dagmar Neubauer | GDR | 52.51s | 2. Marita Payne Wiggins | CAN | 52.70s | 3. Airat Bakare | NGR | 52.83s | 4. Fabienne Ficher | FRA | 53.42s | 5. Farida Kyakutema | UGA | 56.00s | 6. Bakombo Kungu | ZAI | 57.85s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Maria Figueiredo | BRA | 51.74s | 2. Petra Mueller | GDR | 51.93s | 3. Sandie Richards | JAM | 52.19s | 4. Loreen Hall | GBR | 53.13s | 5. Sumei Sun | CHN | 53.46s | 6. Yolande Straughn | BAR | 53.62s | -. Gerda Haas | AUT | DNS |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Diane Dixon | USA | 52.45s | 2. Ute Thimm | FRG | 52.79s | 3. Yvonne Van Dorp | HOL | 52.84s | 4. Evecyne Elien | FRA | 52.90s | 5. Marlyn Dewarder | GUY | 54.76s | 6. May Sardouk | LIB | 1:00.01 | -. Sheila Seebaluck | MRI | DNS |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Valerie Brisco | USA | 51.96s | 2. Maree Holland | AUS | 52.29s | 3. Norfalia Carabali | COL | 53.27s | 4. Kirsten Emmelmann | GDR | 54.02s | 5. Assumpta Achuo-Bei | CMR | 55.22s | 6. Josephine Singarayar | MAL | 56.06s | 7. Lasnet-Lelisse Nkouka | CGO | 57.19s |
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Heat 6 | time | 1. Olga Bryzguina | URS | 51.94s | 2. Linda Keough | GBR | 52.26s | 3. Cathy Rattray-Williams | JAM | 52.39s | 4. Celestine Ndrin | CIV | 52.48s | 5. Mercy Kuttan Math Alapurackal | IND | 53.41s | 6. Ruth Morris | ISV | 55.60s | 7. Barbara Selkridge | ANT | 55.96s |
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Heat 7 | time | 1. Denean Howard | USA | 52.26s | 2. Helga Arendt | FRG | 52.69s | 3. Aissatou Tandian | SEN | 52.95s | 4. Jillian Richardson | CAN | 53.06s | 5. Nathalie Simon | FRA | 53.30s | 6. Fen-Hwa Chang | TPE | 56.10s | 7. Agnes Griffith | GRN | 57.09s |
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