| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerstin Knabe |  GDR | 13.03 | |
| 2 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey |  FRA | 13.15 | |
| 3 | Ulrike Denk |  FRG | 13.26 | |
| 4 | Sue Kameli |  CAN | 13.61 | |
| 5 | Heidi Benserud |  NOR | 13.71 | |
| 6 | Elisavet Pantazi |  GRE | 13.90 | |
| 7 | Jianhua Dai |  CHN | 13.97 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ginka Zagorcheva |  BUL | 12.78 | |
| 2 | Yelena Biserova |  URS | 12.91 | |
| 3 | Marie-Noelle Savigny |  FRA | 13.21 | |
| 4 | Mihaela Stoica-Pogaceanu |  ROU | 13.24 | |
| 5 | Lorna Boothe |  GBR | 13.46 | |
| 6 | Beatriz Capotosto |  ARG | 13.63 | |
| 7 | Yueh-Hsiang Lin |  TPE | 14.25 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Strong |  GBR | 13.26 | |
| 2 | Natalya Petrova |  URS | 13.43 | |
| 3 | Xénia Siska |  HUN | 13.60 | |
| 4 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown |  USA | 13.67 | |
| 5 | Sylvia Forgrave |  CAN | 13.83 | |
| 6 | Nawal El Moutawakel |  MAR | 14.85 | |
| 7 | June Caddle |  BAR | 14.89 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Filsinger |  FRG | 13.04 | |
| 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat |  GDR | 13.07 | |
| 3 | Glynis Nunn-Cearns |  AUS | 13.26 | |
| 4 | Karen Nelson |  CAN | 13.66 | |
| 5 | Helle Sichlau |  DEN | 13.76 | |
| 6 | MarÃa José MartÃnez Patiño |  ESP | 13.78 | |
| Candy Young |  USA | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettine Jahn |  GDR | 12.81 | |
| 2 | Michele Chardonnet |  FRA | 13.17 | |
| 3 | Pam Page |  USA | 13.18 | |
| 4 | Judy Livermore-Simpson |  GBR | 13.25 | |
| 5 | Marjan Olijslager |  NED | 13.26 | |
| 6 | Emi Sasaki |  JPN | 13.78 | |
| 7 | Saila Purho |  FIN | 13.90 |