| Final | | time | | | 1. Milena Matějkovičová |  Czechoslovakia | 1:59.52 | CR | | 2. Doina Melinte |  Romania | 1:59.81 | | | 3. Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:01.24 | | | 4. Jill McCabe |  Sweden | 2:02.88 | | | 5. Petra Kleinbrahm |  West Germany | 2:03.46 | | | 6. Zuzana Moravčíková | Czechoslovakia | 2:03.72 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Doina Melinte | Romania | 2:06.10 | Q | | 6. Zuzana Moravčíková | Czechoslovakia | 2:06.41 | Q | | 7. Lyudmila Borisova |  Soviet Union | 2:06.71 | | | 8. Martina van Dam | West Germany | 2:07.20 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Milena Matějkovičová | Czechoslovakia | 2:04.61 | Q | | 2. Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:04.71 | Q | | 3. Petra Kleinbrahm | West Germany | 2:04.83 | q | | 4. Jill McCabe | Sweden | 2:05.09 | q |
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