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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 7, 1972
Date Finished: September 7, 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 | Ellen Strophal-Streidt | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 22.90 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Raelene Boyle | 21 | Australia | AUS | 22.92 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 26 | Poland | POL | 22.92 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Rosie Allwood | 19 | Jamaica | JAM | 23.14 | 1 | QU |
| 5 | Christiane Krause | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 23.17 | 2 | |
| 6 | Jackie Thompson | 18 | United States | USA | 23.18 | 4 | |
| 7 | Marina Sidorova | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 23.40 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Stecher | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 22.83 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Anne Kroniger | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 23.03 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Christina Heinich | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 23.28 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Alice Annum | 23 | Ghana | GHA | 23.30 | 4 | QU |
| 5 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 23.31 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sylviane Telliez | 29 | France | FRA | 23.34 | 3 | |
| 7 | Barbara Ferrell | 25 | United States | USA | 23.39 | 2 | |
| 8 | Donna Murray-Hartley | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 24.03 | 7 |