| Final 18:00 | time | | 1. Marina Stepanova | URS | 53.32s | | 2. Sabine Busch | GDR | 53.60s | | 3. Cornelia Feuerbach | GDR | 54.13s | | 4. Ann Louise Skoglund | SWE | 54.15s | | 5. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 54.74s | | 6. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54.90s | | 7. Christieana Matei | ROU | 55.23s | | 8. Margarita Khromova | URS | 55.56s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Feuerbach Cornelia | GDR | 54.72s | | 2. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54.76s | | 3. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 54.83s | | 4. Margarita Khromova | URS | 55.37s | | 5. Nicoleta Carutasu | ROU | 55.95s | | 6. Christina Wennberg | SWE | 56.69s | | 7. lrmgard Trojer | ITA | 58.20s | | -. Gerda Haas | AUT | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Marina Stepanova | URS | 53.83s | | 2. Sabine Busch | GDR | 53.97s | | 3. Ann Louise Skoglund | SWE | 54.93s | | 4. Christieana Matei | ROU | 55.67s | | 5. Tuija Helander | FIN | 56.21s | | 6. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 56.66s | | 7. Caroline Pluess | SUI | 57.15s | | 8. Monika Klebe | SWE | 57.18s |
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| 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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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Marina Stepanova | URS | 54.68s | | 2. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 55.09s | | 3. Ann Louise Skoglund | SWE | 56.56s | | 4. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 57.02s | | 5. Irmgard Trojer | ITA | 57.81s | | 6. Yvette Wray | GBR | 57.89s | | 7. Cristina Pérez | ESP | 58.19s | | 8. H. Halldorsdottir | ISL | 58.24s |
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