Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m | 1. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 1:58.53 | WR | | 4 | 14 | 28.50s | 58.27s | 1:28.56 | 2. Barbara Krause | East Germany | 1:59.76 | | +1.23 | 3 | 19 | 28.31s | 58.27s | 1:29.60 | 3. Larisa Tsaryova | Soviet Union | 2:01.76 | NR | +3.23 | 6 | 20 | 28.64s | 59.57s | 1:30.95 | 4. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 2:01.89 | | +3.36 | 2 | 18 | 28.79s | 59.90s | 1:31.11 | 5. Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 2:01.99 | | +3.46 | 5 | 23 | 28.47s | 58.90s | 1:29.97 | 6. Stephanie Elkins | United States | 2:02.29 | | +3.76 | 7 | 15 | 28.38s | 59.03s | 1:30.63 | 7. Nancy Garapick | Canada | 2:04.14 | | +5.61 | 1 | 16 | 29.17s | 1:00.27 | 1:32.16 | 7. Gail Amundrud | Canada | 2:04.14 | | +5.61 | 8 | 21 | 28.91s | 1:00.40 | 1:32.30 |
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World Record: Barbara Krause, East Germany 1:59.04 (27.99s, 58.53s, 1:29.61) | Championship Record: Shirley Babashoff, United States 2:02.50 (29.14s, 1:00.60, 1:31.96) 1975 |
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Heats - Sunday, 22nd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 6 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Barbara Krause | East Germany | 2:01.42 | | +0.98s | - | 19 | 1. | 14.Marion Aizpors | West Germany | 2:05.07 | | +4.63s | - | 17 | 2. | 21.Heidi Koch | Austria | 2:09.94 | | +9.50s | - | 16 | 3. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 2:00.44 | CR | | - | 14 | 1. | 7. Nancy Garapick | Canada | 2:03.70 | | +3.26s | - | 16 | 2. | 8. Gail Amundrud | Canada | 2:04.23 | | +3.79s | - | 21 | 3. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 5. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 2:03.02 | | +2.58s | - | 18 | 1. | 6. Stephanie Elkins | United States | 2:03.21 | | +2.77s | - | 15 | 2. | 9. Birgitta Jonsson | Sweden | 2:04.29 | | +3.85s | - | 16 | 3. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Larisa Tsaryova | Soviet Union | 2:02.02 | | +1.58s | - | 20 | 1. | 12.Rebecca Perrott | New Zealand | 2:04.79 | | +4.35s | - | 17 | 2. | 17.Lone Jansen | Denmark | 2:09.18 | | +8.74s | - | _ | 3. |
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