Final | time | 1. Sabine Busch | GDR | 53.62s | 2. Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 54.19s | 3. Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich | GDR | 54.31s | 4. Sandra Farmer-Patrick | JAM | 54.38s | 5. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | FIN | 54.62s | 6. Anna Ambraziene | URS | 55.68s | 7. Schowonda Williams | USA | 55.86s | 8. Judi Brown-King | USA | 56.10s |
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Semi 1 | time | 1. Sabine Busch | GDR | 54.41s | 2. Sandra Farmer-Patrick | JAM | 54.68s | 3. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | FIN | 54.76s | 4. Schowonda Williams | USA | 54.82s | 5. Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova | URS | 54.86s | 6. LaTanya Sheffield | USA | 56.65s | 7. Rose Tata-Muya | KEN | 57.65s | -. Usifo Maria | NGR | DNS |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich | GDR | 54.72s | 2. Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 55.08s | 3. Anna Ambraziene | URS | 55.47s | 4. Judi Brown-King | USA | 55.55s | 5. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 55.59s | 6. P.T. Usha | IND | 55.89s | 7. Christina Wennberg | SWE | 56.56s | 8. Irmgard Trojer | ITA | 57.86s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Sabine Busch | GDR | 55.51s | 2. Anna Ambraziene | URS | 56.50s | 3. Nawal El Moutawakil | MAR | 57.21s | 4. Jenny Laurendet | AUS | 57.41s | 5. Barbara Johnson | IRL | 58.72s | 6. Tania Fernandez | CUB | 58.78s | 7. Mariam Zewde | ETH | 1:00.57 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. LaTanya Sheffield | USA | 55.93s | 2. Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 56.31s | 3. Christina Wennberg | SWE | 56.91s | 4. Irmgard Trojer | ITA | 57.09s | 5. Helene Huart | FRA | 57.13s | 6. Maria Joao Lopes | POR | 58.86s | 7. Semra Aksu | TUR | 59.13s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Judi Brown-King | USA | 55.35s | 2. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | FIN | 55.42s | 3. P.T. Usha | IND | 55.73s | 4. Maria Usifo | NGR | 56.13s | 5. Helga Halldorsdottir | ISL | 57.82s | 6. Marie Womplou | CIV | 58.46s | 7. Gerda Haas | AUT | 58.65s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova | URS | 55.21s | 2. Schowonda Williams | USA | 55.53s | 3. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 55.83s | 4. Liliana Chala | ECU | 58.39s | 5. Gwen Wall | CAN | 58.66s | 6. Fialho Maria Do Carmo | BRA | 58.93s | -. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | DQ |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich | GDR | 56.75s | 2. Sandra Farmer-Patrick | JAM | 56.76s | 3. Rose Tata-Muya | KEN | 57.11s | 4. Cristina Perez | ESP | 57.23s | 5. Erika Szopori | HUN | 58.09s | 6. Sally Flemming | AUS | 58.87s | -. Fatimata Podie | BKF | DQ |
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