| | | Final |  | time |  |  | 1. Yevgeniya Sechenova |  Soviet Union | 11.9s | CR |  | 2. Winifred Jordan |  Great Britain | 12.2s |  |  | 3. Claire Brésolles |  France | 12.2s |  |  | 4. Ann-Britt Leyman |  Sweden | 12.2s |  |  | 5. Maureen Gardner |  Great Britain | 12.2s |  |  | 6. Gerda Koudijs |  Netherlands | 12.4s |  | 
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 |  |  | First 3 progress to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Yevgeniya Sechenova |  Soviet Union | 12.0s | Q |  | 2. Winifred Jordan |  Great Britain | 12.4s | Q |  | 3. Gerda Koudijs |  Netherlands | 12.5s | Q |  | 4. Nettie Timmer |  Netherlands | 12.6s |  |  | 5. Sylvia Cheeseman |  Great Britain | 12.7s |  |  | 6. Vera Bemova |  Czechia | 12.7s |  | 
 |  | | Semi 2 |  | time |  |  | 1. Maureen Gardner |  Great Britain | 12.2s | Q |  | 2. Claire Brésolles |  France | 12.3s | Q |  | 3. Ann-Britt Leyman |  Sweden | 12.3s | Q |  | 4. Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland | 12.6s |  |  | 5. Monique Drilhon |  France | 12.7s |  |  | -. Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | DNF |  | 
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 | Heats - Thursday 22th August 17:35 |  | First 3 progress to Semi-Finals. | 
 | | Heat 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | 12.4s | Q |  | 2. Sylvia Cheeseman |  Great Britain | 12.8s | Q |  | 3. Monique Drilhon |  France | 12.9s | Q |  | 4. Mieczysława Moder |  Poland | 13.0s |  |  | 5. Kerstin Josefsson |  Sweden | 13.0s |  |  | 6. Liv Paulsen |  Norway | 13.2s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  |  | 1. Yevgeniya Sechenova |  Soviet Union | 12.0s | Q |  | 2. Nettie Timmer |  Netherlands | 12.4s | Q |  | 3. Maureen Gardner |  Great Britain | 12.4s | Q |  | 4. Greta Magnusson |  Sweden | 12.5s |  |  | 5. Dana Hiklova |  Czechia | 12.7s |  | 
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 | | Heat 3 |  | time |  |  | 1. Winifred Jordan |  Great Britain | 12.2s | Q |  | 2. Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland | 12.5s | Q |  | 3. Vera Bemova |  Czechia | 12.5s | Q |  | 4. Solveig Toms |  Norway | 12.6s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time |  |  | 1. Claire Brésolles |  France | 12.2s | Q |  | 2. Gerda Koudijs |  Netherlands | 12.3s | Q |  | 3. Ann-Britt Leyman |  Sweden | 12.4s | Q |  | 4. Hilde Nissen |  Denmark | 12.5s | NR |  | 5. Irena Hejducka |  Poland | 13.2s |  | 
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