| Final | time | | 1. Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12.34s | | 2. Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | 12.44s | | 3. Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | 12.46s | | 4. Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12.49s | | 5. Anne Piquereau | FRA | 12.82s | | 6. Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA | 12.83s | | 7. Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 12.98s | | 8. LaVonna Martin-Floreal | USA | 13.06s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | 12.65s | | 2. Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12.75s | | 3. LaVonna Martin-Floreal | USA | 12.94s | | 4. Anne Piquereau | FRA | 12.95s | | 5. Florence Colle | FRA | 13.04s | | 6. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 13.06s | | 7. Rita Heggli-Schonenberger | SUI | 13.20s | | 8. Nancy Vallecilla | ECU | 13.28s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | 12.68s | | 2. Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12.76s | | 3. Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA | 12.88s | | 4. Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 13.01s | | 5. Stephanie Hightower | USA | 13.12s | | 6. Sophia Hunter | USA | 13.26s | | 7. Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 13.31s | | 8. Patrizia Lombardo | ITA | 13.38s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12.51s | | 2. Anne Piquereau | FRA | 13.24s | | 3. Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 13.24s | | 4. Rita Heggli-Schonenberger | SUI | 13.32s | | 5. Wendy Jeal | GBR | 13.41s | | 6. Diana Yankey | GHA | 13.90s | | 7. Helga Halldorsdottir | ISL | 13.97s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12.97s | | 2. Florence Colle | FRA | 13.20s | | 3. Stephanie Hightower | USA | 13.22s | | 4. Nancy Vallecilla | ECU | 13.30s | | 5. Lesley-Ann Skeete | GBR | 13.40s | | 6. Tiina Lindgren | FIN | 13.76s | | 7. Wen-Ing Chen | TPE | 14.12s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | 12.83s | | 2. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 13.02s | | 3. LaVonna Martin-Floreal | USA | 13.19s | | 4. Patrizia Lombardo | ITA | 13.25s | | 5. Karin Malmbratt | SWE | 13.43s | | 6. Karen Nelson | CAN | 13.60s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | 12.81s | | 2. Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA | 13.08s | | 3. Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 13.15s | | 4. Sophia Hunter | USA | 13.19s | | 5. Yinghua Feng | CHN | 13.85s | | 6. Sandra Tavares | MEX | 13.86s |
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