| Final 18:30 | time | | | 1. Vera Nikolić |  Yugoslavia | 2:00.00 | NR CR | | 2. Patricia Lowe |  Great Britain | 2:01.66 | | | 3. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:02.08 | | | 4. Danuta Wierzbowska |  Poland | 2:04.16 | | | 5. Gisela Ellenberger |  West Germany | 2:05.14 | | | 6. Claire Walsh |  Ireland | 2:08.57 | | | -. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | DNF | | | -. Gunhild Hoffmeister |  East Germany | DNF | |
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| History Women 800m | | World and European Record: Falck, West Germany 1:58.3 | | Championship Record: Board (GBR) 2:01.4 | | Qualification Standard: 2:05.0 |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 2:03.7 | Q | | 2. Danuta Wierzbowska | Poland | 2:05.3 | Q | | 3. Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 2:05.4 | Q | | 4. Patricia Lowe | Great Britain | 2:05.4 | Q | | 5. Magdolna Kulcsár |  Hungary | 2:06.2 | | | 6. Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany | 2:06.9 | | | 7. Angela Ramello |  Italy | 2:07.5 | | | 8. Kirsten Hoiler |  Denmark | 2:07.6 | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | | 1. Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:03.1 | Q | | 2. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:03.2 | Q | | 3. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:03.3 | Q | | 4. Claire Walsh | Ireland | 2:03.4 | NR Q | | 5. Ileana Silai |  Romania | 2:03.9 | | | 6. Sylvia Schenk | West Germany | 2:04.6 | | | 7. Donata Govoni | Italy | 2:05.0 | | | -. Nijolė Sabaitė |  Soviet Union | DNS | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:04.96 | Q | | 2. Magdolna Kulcsár | Hungary | 2:05.30 | Q | | 3. Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany | 2:05.31 | Q | | 4. Angela Ramello | Italy | 2:05.70 | Q | | 5. Vasilena Amzina |  Bulgaria | 2:06.39 | | | 6. Sandra Sutherland | Great Britain | 2:09.46 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 2:04.81 | Q | | 2. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:06.74 | Q | | 3. Sylvia Schenk | West Germany | 2:07.41 | Q | | 4. Danuta Wierzbowska | Poland | 2:07.93 | Q | | 5. Birgitte Jennes | Denmark | 2:09.54 | | | 6. Maria-Coro Fuentes |  Spain | 2:12.58 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:05.87 | Q | | 2. Claire Walsh | Ireland | 2:06.06 | Q | | 3. Patricia Lowe | Great Britain | 2:06.37 | Q | | 4. Kirsten Hoiler | Denmark | 2:06.67 | Q | | 5. Elżbieta Skowrońska | Poland | 2:06.94 | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:04.88 | Q | | 2. Donata Govoni | Italy | 2:05.48 | Q | | 3. Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union | 2:05.54 | Q | | 4. Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 2:05.57 | Q | | 5. Tonka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:05.91 | | | 6. Grete Andersen |  Norway | 2:07.63 | |
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