| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerstin Knabe |  GDR | 12.83 | |
| 2 | Judy Livermore-Simpson |  GBR | 13.22 | |
| 3 | Glynis Nunn-Cearns |  AUS | 13.23 | |
| 4 | Heike Filsinger |  FRG | 13.31 | |
| 5 | Sue Kameli |  CAN | 13.33 | |
| 6 | Beatriz Capotosto |  ARG | 13.60 | |
| 7 | Elisavet Pantazi |  GRE | 13.95 | |
| 8 | Jianhua Dai |  CHN | 14.07 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ginka Zagorcheva |  BUL | 12.66 | |
| 2 | Natalya Petrova |  URS | 12.70 | |
| 3 | Pam Page |  USA | 13.12 | |
| 4 | Michele Chardonnet |  FRA | 13.13 | |
| 5 | Lorna Boothe |  GBR | 13.29 | |
| 6 | Heidi Benserud |  NOR | 13.60 | |
| 7 | Helle Sichlau |  DEN | 13.73 | |
| 8 | Yueh-Hsiang Lin |  TPE | DNS* | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettine Jahn |  GDR | 12.75 | |
| 2 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey |  FRA | 12.95 | |
| 3 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |  USA | 13.15 | |
| 4 | Xénia Siska |  HUN | 13.16 | |
| 5 | Mihaela Stoica-Pogaceanu |  ROU | 13.21 | |
| 6 | Marjan Olijslager |  NED | 13.30 | |
| 7 | Sylvia Forgrave |  CAN | 13.38 | |
| 8 | Emi Sasaki |  JPN | 13.73 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Strong |  GBR | 12.91 | |
| 2 | Yelena Biserova |  URS | 12.94 | |
| 3 | Cornelia Oschkenat |  GDR | 12.96 | |
| 4 | Ulrike Denk |  FRG | 13.14 | |
| 5 | Marie-Noelle Savigny |  FRA | 13.21 | |
| 6 | Karen Nelson |  CAN | 13.61 | |
| 7 | MarÃa José MartÃnez G. |  ESP | 13.80 | |
| 8 | Saila Purho |  FIN | 13.90 |