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Date: 14 October 1968 / 15 October 1968 / 16 October 1968
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Colette Besson | FRA | 52.0 |
| 2 | Lillian Board | GBR | 52.1 |
| 3 | Natalia Pechenkina | URS | 52.2 |
| 4 | Janet Simpson | GBR | 52.5 |
| 5 | Aurelia Penton | CUB | 52.7 |
| 6 | Jarvis Scott | USA | 52.7 |
| 7 | Helga Henning | FRG | 52.8 |
| 8 | Hermina Van Der Hoeven | NED | 53.0 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Josephine Green | GBR | 53.6 |
| 10 | Karin Wallgren | SWE | 53.9 |
| 11 | Monique Noirot | FRA | 54.2 |
| 12 | Esther Stroy | USA | 54.3 |
| 13 | Ingrid Verbele | URS | 54.6 |
| 13 | Una Morris | JAM | 54.6 |
| 15 | Joan Fisher | CAN | 55.2 |
| 16 | Lois Drinkwater | USA | 57.3 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Tekla Chemabwai | KEN | 54.0 |
| 18 | Anne Covell | CAN | 54.3 |
| 19 | Donata Govoni | ITA | 54.7 |
| 20 | Anna Chmelkova | TCH | 54.9 |
| 21 | Eeva Haimi | FIN | 55.0 |
| 22 | Sandra Brown | AUS | 55.4 |
| 23 | Enriqueta Basilio | MEX | 55.6 |
| 23 | Antonia Munkacsi | HUN | 55.6 |
| 25 | Hana Shezifi | ISR | 56.3 |
| 25 | Josefa Vicent | URU | 56.3 |
| 27 | Joyce Bennett | AUS | 56.5 |
| 28 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | NGR | 57.0 |
| 29 | Jean Robotham | CRC | 58.2 |