| Final | | time | | | 1. Jane Colebrook |  Great Britain | 2:01.12 | WR, CR | | 2. Totka Petrova |  Bulgaria | 2:01.17 | | | 3. Elżbieta Katolik |  Poland | 2:01.3 | | | 4. Svetlana Styrkina |  Soviet Union | 2:01.4 | | | 5. Svetla Koleva | Bulgaria | 2:02.2 | | | 6. Brigitte Koczelnik |  West Germany | 2:05.6 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 12th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:02.6 | Q | | 2. Elżbieta Katolik | Poland | 2:02.9 | Q | | 3. Jane Colebrook | Great Britain | 2:03.2 | q | | 4. Brigitte Koczelnik | West Germany | 2:03.8 | q | | 8. Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium | 2:05.0 | | | 9. Chantal Aubry |  France | 2:06.1 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Svetlana Styrkina | Soviet Union | 2:04.0 | Q | | 6. Svetla Koleva | Bulgaria | 2:04.2 | Q | | 7. Gisela Klein | West Germany | 2:04.4 | | | 10.Irén Lipcsei |  Hungary | 2:06.5 | | | 11.Colette Besson | France | 2:06.9 | |
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