| Final | time | | | 1. Lilyana Todorova |  Bulgaria | 1:58.14/14 | CR | | 2. Gunhild Hoffmeister |  East Germany | 1:58.81/81 | NR | | 3. Mariana Suman |  Romania | 1:59.84/84 | | | 4. Marie-Françoise Dubois |  France | 1:59.94/94 | NR | | 5. Valentina Gerasimova |  Soviet Union | 2:00.10/10 | | | 6. Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union | 2:00.76/76 | | | 7. Elżbieta Katolik |  Poland | 2:01.37/37 | | | 8. Gisela Ellenberger |  West Germany | 2:01.48/48 | |
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Semi-Finals - Tuesday 03.09 17:10 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Mariana Suman | Romania | 2:00.2 | Q | | 2. Marie-Françoise Dubois | France | 2:00.3 | NR Q | | 3. Valentina Gerasimova | Soviet Union | 2:00.8 | Q | | 4. Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 2:01.5 | Q | | 5. Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany | 2:01.9 | | | 6. Mary Purcell |  Ireland | 2:04.0 | | | 7. Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:04.1 | | | 8. Rosemary Wright |  Great Britain | 2:04.9 | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:03.0 | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Katolik | Poland | 2:03.1 | Q | | 3. Lilyana Todorova | Bulgaria | 2:03.3 | Q | | 4. Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union | 2:03.6 | Q | | 5. Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium | 2:04.1 | | | 6. Lesley Kiernan | Great Britain | 2:05.4 | | | 0. Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union | DNS | | | -. Gunilla Lindh |  Sweden | DNS | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Marie-Françoise Dubois | France | 2:01.2 | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Katolik | Poland | 2:01.4 | Q | | 3. Mariana Suman | Romania | 2:01.5 | Q | | 4. Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union | 2:01.7 | Q | | 5. Mary Purcell | Ireland | 2:02.8 | q | | 6. Birgitte Jennes |  Denmark | 2:09.2 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:02.6 | Q | | 2. Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 2:02.7 | Q | | 3. Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union | 2:02.9 | Q | | 4. Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:03.2 | Q | | 5. Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | Belgium | 2:03.6 | q | | 6. Rosemary Wright | Great Britain | 2:03.9 | q |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Lilyana Todorova | Bulgaria | 2:02.1 | Q | | 2. Valentina Gerasimova | Soviet Union | 2:02.2 | Q | | 3. Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany | 2:02.3 | Q | | 4. Gunilla Lindh | Sweden | 2:02.3 | NR Q | | 5. Lesley Kiernan | Great Britain | 2:02.8 | q | | 6. Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 2:04.7 | |
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