| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Kornelia Ender |  East Germany | 56.96s | WR | | 4 | | 2. Angela Franke | East Germany | 57.82s | | +0.86s | 3 | | 3. Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands | 58.10s | | +1.14s | 5 | | 4. Guylaine Berger |  France | 58.81s | | +1.85s | 6 | | 5. Ljubov Szemkina |  Soviet Union | 1:00.02 | | +3.06s | 2 | | 6. Diana Olsson |  Sweden | 1:00.04 | | +3.08s | 7 | | 7. Françoise Monod |  Switzerland | 1:00.35 | | +3.39s | 8 | | 8. Weber Jutta |  West Germany | 1:00.43 | | +3.47s | 1 |
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Heats - Sunday, 18th August | | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
| Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 57.54s | Q, ECR | | - | 1. | | 2. Jutta Weber | West Germany | 59.86s | Q | +2.32s | - | 7. | | 3. Chantal Schertz | France | 1:00.26 | | +2.72s | - | 9. | | 4. Elżbieta Pilawska |  Poland | 1:01.02 | | +3.48s | - | 17. | | 5. Tamara Selofasztova | Soviet Union | 1:01.10 | | +3.56s | - | 18. | | 6. Laura Bortolotti |  Italy | 1.01.24 | | +3.68s | - | 20. | | 7. Katrien Van Parijs |  Belgium | 1:02.45 | | +4.91s | - | 27. | | 8. Elsiabeth Tomandl |  Austria | 1:02.53 | | +4.99s | - | 28. |
| Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 58.01s | Q, ECR | +0.47s | - | 2. | | 2. Pelle Judit |  Hungary | 1:00.56 | | +3.02s | - | 11. | | 3. Angela Steinbach | West Germany | 1:00.58 | | +3.04s | - | 12. | | 4. Lene Jenssen |  Norway | 1:00.85 | | +3.31s | - | 14. | | 4. Grethe Mathiesen | Norway | 1:00.85 | | +3.31s | - | 14. | | 6. Chantal Grimard | Belgium | 1:00.89 | | +3.35s | - | 16. | | 7. Michele Kavanagh |  Íreland | 1:04.09 | | +6.55s | - | 30. | | 8. Eileen Campton | Íreland | 1:06.51 | | +8.97s | - | 32. |
| Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Angela Franke | East Germany | 59.19s | Q, ECR | +1.65s | - | 3. | | 2. Diana Olsson | Sweden | 59.71s | Q | +2.17s | - | 6. | | 3. Ida Hansson | Sweden | 1:00.38 | | +2.74s | - | 10. | | 4. Jaroslava Pavlíčková |  Czechoslovakia | 1:00.62 | | +3.08s | - | 13. | | 5. Jolanta Kupis | Poland | 1:01.84 | | +4.30s | - | 24. | | 6. Bedekovics Krisztina | Hungary | 1:01.93 | | +4.39s | - | 25. | | 7. Elaine Wright |  Great Britain | 1:02.28 | | +4.74s | - | 26. | | 8. Grete Wiederschwinger | Austria | 1:03.75 | | +6.21s | - | 29. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Guylaine Berger | France | 59.22s | Q, ECR | +1.68s | - | 4. | | 2. Ljubov Szemkina | Soviet Union | 59.62s | Q | +2.08s | - | 5. | | 3. Françoise Monod | Switzerland | 59.87s | Q | +2.33s | - | 8. | | 4. Olga Chlupová | Czechoslovakia | 1:01.23 | | +3.67s | - | 19. | | 5. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 1:01.36 | | +3.82s | - | 21. | | 6. Susan Edmondson | Great Britain | 1:01.67 | | +4.13s | - | 22. | | 7. Laura Gorgerino | Italy | 1:01.73 | | +4.19s | - | 23. | | 8. Heleni Avlonitu |  Greece | 1:05.37 | | +7.83s | - | 31. |
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