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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 4, 1972
Date Finished: September 4, 1972
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Renate Stecher |
| Silver: | Raelene Boyle |
| Bronze: | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 26 | Poland | POL | 22.79 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 23.20 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Christina Heinich | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 23.23 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Barbara Ferrell | 25 | United States | USA | 23.30 | 1 | QU |
| 5 | Una Morris | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | 23.62 | 5 | |
| 6 | Marcia Trotman | 16 | Barbados | BAR | 24.00 | 2 | |
| 7 | Amelita Alanes | 20 | Philippines | PHI | 24.98 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Strophal-Streidt | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 22.93 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Alice Annum | 23 | Ghana | GHA | 22.95 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg | 25 | Netherlands | NED | 23.22 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Christiane Krause | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 23.22 | 4 | QU |
| 5 | Della James-Pascoe | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 23.72 | 3 | |
| 6 | Juana Mosquera | 22 | Colombia | COL | 24.00 | 1 | |
| 7 | María Luisa Vilca | 24 | Peru | PER | 24.48 | 7 | |
| 8 | Rose Musani | 16 | Uganda | UGA | 25.28 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Stecher | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 23.31 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Rosie Allwood | 19 | Jamaica | JAM | 23.33 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Sylviane Telliez | 29 | France | FRA | 23.69 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Donna Murray-Hartley | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 23.69 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Pam Greene | 18 | United States | USA | 23.85 | 5 | |
| 6 | Karoline Käfer | 17 | Austria | AUT | 23.92 | 4 | |
| 7 | Hannah Afriyie | 20 | Ghana | GHA | 24.47 | 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raelene Boyle | 21 | Australia | AUS | 23.06 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Anne Kroniger | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 23.14 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Jackie Thompson | 18 | United States | USA | 23.22 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Marina Sidorova | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 23.33 | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Pirjo Wilmi-Häggman | 21 | Finland | FIN | 23.68 | 5 | |
| 6 | Margaret Critchley | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 24.05 | 2 | |
| 7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | 23 | Indonesia | INA | 25.03 | 1 | |
| 8 | Helen Olaye | 25 | Nigeria | NGR | 25.09 | 6 |