Heat 1 | time | 1. Christieana Matei | ROU | 56.46s | 2. Ellen Feuerbach | GDR | 56.50s | 3. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 56.52s | 4. Tuija Helander | FIN | 56.87s | 5. Christina Wennberg | SWE | 57.27s | 6. Anne Gundersen | NOR | 58.01s | 7. Montserrat Pujol | ESP | 58.14s | 8. Giuseppina Cirulli | ITA | 58.37s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Sabine Busch | GDR | 55.42s | 2. Margarita Khromova | URS | 55.69s | 3. Nicoleta Carutasu | ROU | 56.82s | 4. Gerda Haas | AUT | 56.95s | 5. Caroline Pluess | SUI | 57.23s | 6. Monika Klebe | SWE | 57.83s | 7. Beate Holzapfel | FRG | 58.52s | 8. Semra Aksu | TUR | 59.25s |
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