| Final | | time | | | 1. Doina Melinte |  Romania | 1:59.89 | | | 2. Ellen Kiessling |  East Germany | 2:01.24 | | | 3. Tatyana Grebenchuk |  Soviet Union | 2:01.63 | | | 4. Mayte Zúñiga |  Spain | 2:02.77 | | | 5. Gabi Lesch |  West Germany | 2:03.04 | | | -. Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 18th February | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Doina Melinte | Romania | 2:01.76 | Q | | 2. Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 2:02.10 | Q | | 3. Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:02.25 | q | | 4. Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 2:02.36 | q | | 7. Aisling Molloy |  Ireland | 2:05.44 | | | 9. Anneke Matthys |  Belgium | 2:06.50 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 2:04.18 | Q | | 6. Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:04.20 | Q | | 8. Karolina Szabó |  Hungary | 2:05.67 | | | 10.Julia Merino | Spain | 2:07.23 | | | 11.Regine Berg | Belgium | 2:15.31 | |
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