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Date: 25 July 1976 / 28 July 1976 / 29 July 1976
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 49.29 |
| 2 | Christina Brehmer | GDR | 50.51 |
| 3 | Ellen Streidt | GDR | 50.55 |
| 4 | Pirjo Haggman | FIN | 50.56 |
| 5 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 50.65 |
| 6 | Sheila Ingram | USA | 50.90 |
| 7 | Riitta Salin | FIN | 50.98 |
| 8 | Debra Sapenter | USA | 51.66 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Nadezhda Ilyina | URS | 51.42 |
| 10 | Bethanie Nail | AUS | 51.44 |
| 11 | Lyudmila Aksenova | URS | 51.55 |
| 12 | Verna Burnard | AUS | 51.71 |
| 13 | Rita Wilden | FRG | 51.82 |
| 14 | Natalia Sokolova | URS | 51.95 |
| 15 | Christiane Wildschek | AUT | 52.20 |
| 16 | Marita Koch | GDR | |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 17 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | FRG | 52.02 |
| 18 | Donna Murray | GBR | 52.29 |
| 19 | Rita Bottiglieri | ITA | 52.51 |
| 20 | Judith Canty | AUS | 52.65 |
| 21 | Verona Elder | GBR | 52.70 |
| 22 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 53.04 |
| 23 | Regine Berg | BEL | 53.14 |
| 23 | Margaret Stride | CAN | 53.14 |
| 25 | Lorna Forde | BAR | 53.62 |
| 26 | Gladys Taylor | GBR | 53.71 |
| 27 | Silvia Hollmann | FRG | 53.77 |
| 28 | Ruth Simpson | JAM | 53.88 |
| 29 | Marika Lindholm | FIN | 54.07 |
| 30 | Rachelle Campbell | CAN | 54.16 |
| 31 | Joyce Yakubowich | CAN | 55.02 |
| 32 | Marilyn Neufville | JAM | |
| Heats | |||
| 33 | Helen Blake | JAM | 53.93 |
| 34 | Jelica Pavlicic | YUG | 54.11 |
| 35 | Celestine N'Drin | CIV | 54.13 |
| 36 | Ileana Hocking | PUR | 57.85 |
| 37 | Helen Ritter | LIE | 58.52 |
| 38 | Rose Gauthier | HAI | 1:13.27 |
| Did not start | |||
| Debbie Jones | BER | ||
| Rita Hendricks | ISV | ||
| Chee Swee Lee | SIN | ||
| Marieme Boye | SEN | ||