| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ginka Zagorcheva |  BUL | 12.75 | |
| 2 | Kerstin Knabe |  GDR | 12.83 | |
| 3 | Yelena Biserova |  URS | 12.92 | |
| 4 | Shirley Strong |  GBR | 12.99 | |
| 5 | Michele Chardonnet |  FRA | 13.13 | |
| 6 | Pam Page |  USA | 13.24 | |
| 7 | Heike Filsinger |  FRG | 13.42 | |
| 8 | Xénia Siska |  HUN | 13.68 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettine Jahn |  GDR | 12.76 | |
| 2 | Natalya Petrova |  URS | 12.83 | |
| 3 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |  USA | 12.96 | |
| 4 | Cornelia Oschkenat |  GDR | 13.00 | |
| 5 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey |  FRA | 13.08 | |
| 6 | Ulrike Denk |  FRG | 13.16 | |
| 7 | Judy Livermore-Simpson |  GBR | 13.30 | |
| 8 | Glynis Nunn-Cearns |  AUS | 13.39 |