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Quarter-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Sheila Ingram | USA | 51.31 |
| 2 | Ellen Streidt | GDR | 51.33 |
| 3 | Pirjo Haggman | FIN | 51.35 |
| 4 | Lyudmila Aksenova | URS | 51.73 |
| 5 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | FRG | 52.02 |
| 6 | Judith Canty | AUS | 52.65 |
| 7 | Lorna Forde | BAR | 53.62 |
| 8 | Rachelle Campbell | CAN | 54.16 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Natalia Sokolova | URS | 51.63 |
| 2 | Christina Brehmer | GDR | 51.67 |
| 3 | Verna Burnard | AUS | 51.79 |
| 4 | Rita Wilden | FRG | 52.41 |
| 5 | Gladys Taylor | GBR | 53.71 |
| 6 | Marika Lindholm | FIN | 54.07 |
| 7 | Joyce Yakubowich | CAN | 55.02 |
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| Marilyn Neufville | JAM | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Debra Sapenter | USA | 51.23 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Ilyina | URS | 51.32 |
| 3 | Bethanie Nail | AUS | 51.71 |
| 4 | Christiane Wildschek | AUT | 52.25 |
| 5 | Verona Elder | GBR | 52.70 |
| 6 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 53.04 |
| 7 | Silvia Hollmann | FRG | 53.77 |
| 8 | Ruth Simpson | JAM | 53.88 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Riitta Salin | FIN | 51.62 |
| 2 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 51.74 |
| 3 | Marita Koch | GDR | 51.87 |
| 4 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 52.00 |
| 5 | Donna Murray | GBR | 52.29 |
| 6 | Rita Bottiglieri | ITA | 52.51 |
| 7 | Regine Berg | BEL | 53.14 |
| 8 | Margaret Stride | CAN | 53.14 |