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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Helga Seidler | GDR | 51.68 |
| 2 | Dagmar Kasling | GDR | 51.73 |
| 3 | Gyorgyi Szomov-Balogh | HUN | 51.90 |
| 4 | Kathy Hammond | USA | 51.92 |
| 5 | Aurelia Penton | CUB | 52.15 |
| 6 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall | FIN | 52.23 |
| 7 | Judith Ayaa | UGA | 52.91 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Christel Freese | FRG | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Monika Zehrt | GDR | 51.47 |
| 2 | Rita Wilden | FRG | 51.76 |
| 3 | Charlene Rendina | AUS | 51.90 |
| 4 | Mable Fergerson | USA | 51.91 |
| 5 | Yvonne Saunders | JAM | 51.93 |
| 6 | Nicole Duclos | FRA | 52.18 |
| 7 | Nadezhda Kolesnikova | URS | 52.29 |
| 8 | Trudy Ruth | NED | 53.02 |