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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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