| Final 19:45 +0.8 m/s | time | | 1. Heike Drechsler | GDR | 21.71s | | 2. Marie Christine Cazier | FRA | 22.32s | | 3. Silke Gladisch | GDR | 22.49s | | 4. Marina Molokova | URS | 22.71s | | 5. Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 22.73s | | 6. Natalia Bochina | URS | 22.87s | | 7. S. Guenther-Rieger | GDR | 22.98s | | 8. Marina Zhirova | URS | 23.18s |
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| Heat 1 +0.5 | time | | 1. Silke Gladisch | GDR | 22.29s | | 2. Marie Christine Cazier | FRA | 22.45s | | 3. Marina Zhirova | URS | 22.93s | | 4. Guenther-Rieger | GDR | 22.93s | | 5. Kathryn Cook | GBR | 23.20s | | 6. Anke Koeninger | FRG | 23.58s | | 7. Jolanta Janota | POL | 23.59s | | 8. Grossenbacher-Derby | NED | 23.81s |
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| Heat 2 +0.3 | time | | 1. Heike Drechsler | GDR | 21 23s | | 2. Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 22.60s | | 3. Marina Molokova | URS | 22.61s | | 4. Natalia Bochina | URS | 22.61s | | 5. Heather Oakes | GBR | 22.92s | | 6. Claudia Lepping | FRG | 23.39s | | 7. Virginia Gomes | POR | 24.44s | | -. Sandra Whittaker | GBR | |
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| Heat 1 -2.1 m/s | time | | 1. Heather Oakes | GBR | 23.01s | | 2. Silke Gladisch | GDR | 23.01s | | 3. Natalia Bochina | URS | 23.21s | | 4. Claudia Lepping | FRG | 23.44s | | 5. Soelvi Olsen | NOR | 24.46s |
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| Heat 2 -1.7 m/s | time | | 1. Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 23.11s | | 2. Marina Molokova | URS | 23.17s | | 3. Guenther-Rieger | GDR | 23.24s | | 4. Sandra Whittaker | GBR | 23.39s | | 5. Grossenbacher-Derby | NED | |
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| Heat 3 -1.1 m/s | time | | 1. Heike Drechsler | GDR | 22.52s | | 2. Marie Christine Cazier | FRA | 22.62s | | 3. Marina Zhirova | URS | 23.11s | | 4. Cathryn Cook | GBR | 23.11s | | 5. Jolanta Janota | POL | 23.32s | | 6. Anke Koeninger | FRG | 23.70s | | 7. Virginia Gomes | POR | 24.38s |
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