| Final | time | age | | 1. Madeline Manning |  USA | 2:00.9 | | 2. Ileana Silai |  ROM | 2:02.5 | | 3. Maria Gommers |  NED | 2:02.6 | | 4. Sheila Taylor |  GBR | 2:03.8 | | 5. Doris Brown | USA | 2:03.9 | | 6. Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:04.2 | | 7. Abigail Hoffman |  CAN | 2:06.8 | | 8. Maryvonne Dupureur |  FRA | 2:08.2 |
| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Madeline Manning | USA | 2:05.8 | | 2. Ilona Silai | ROM | 2:05.9 | | 3. Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:06.6 | | 4. Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2:07.0 | | 5. Karin Burneleit |  GDR | 2:08.4 | | 6. Anna Zimina |  URS | 2:08.5 | | 7. Ilja Keizer | NED | 2:14.8 | | -. Vera Nikolic |  YUG | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Maria Gommers | NED | 2:05.1 | | 2. Doris Brown | USA | 2:05.2 | | 3. Sheila Taylor | GBR | 2:05.2 | | 4. Maryvonne Dupureur | FRA | 2:05.5 | | 5. Laine Erik | URS | 2:06.0 | | 6. Sylvia Potts |  NZL | 2:07.2 | | 7. Paola Pigni |  ITA | 2:07.8 | | 8. Jaroslava Jehlickova |  CHE | 2:13.5 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Vera Nikolic | YUG | 2:05.7 | | 2. Laine Erik | URS | 2:06.5 | | 3. Paola Pigni | ITA | 2:06.7 | | 4. Karin Burneleit | GDR | 2:07.1 | | 5. Francie Kraker | USA | 2:07.3 | | 6. Elizabeth Chesire |  KEN | 2:10.9 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Maria Gommers | NED | 2:04.0 | | 2. Ilona Silai | ROM | 2:04.1 | | 3. Sheila Taylor | GBR | 2:04.1 | | 4. Anna Zimina | URS | 2:04.4 | | 5. Barbara Wieck | GDR | 2:08.5 | | 6. Hana Shezifi |  ISR | 2:09.2 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Marie Dupureur | FRA | 2:09.5 | | 2. Doris Brown | USA | 2:09.5 | | 3. Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:09.5 | | 4. Sylvia Potts | NZL | 2:09.6 | | 5. Eeva Haimi |  FIN | 2:09.6 | | 6. Mathilda Van Der Made | NED | 2:10.5 |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Madeline Manning | USA | 2:08.7 | | 2. Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2:08.9 | | 3. Jaroslava Jehlickova | CHE | 2:08.9 | | 4. llja Keizer | NED | 2:08.9 | | 5. Annelise Olesen |  DEN | 2:09.0 | | 6. Joan Page | GBR | 2:10.2 |
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