Final | time | 1. Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 1:58.55 | 2. Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 1:58.55 | 3. Lyudmila Rogachova | Russia | 1:58.69 | 4. Malgorzata Rydz | Poland | 1:59.12 | 5. Ann Griffiths | Great Britain | 1:59.81 | 6. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2:00.01 | 7. Patricia Djate | France | 2:00.34 | 8. Anna Brzezinska | Poland | 2:00.41 | 9. Irina Samorokova | Russia | 2:11.50 |
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| First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | time | 1. Lyudmila Rogachova | Russia | 2:00.93 | 2. Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:01.09 | 3. Ann Griffiths | Great Britain | 2:01.29 | 4. Anna Brzezinska | Poland | 2:01.48 | 5. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2:01.48 | 6. Christine Wachtel | Germany | 2:01.84 | 7. Maria Akraka | Sweden | 2:02.04 | 8. Karen Gydesen | Denmark | 2:02.16 |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 2:00.77 | 2. Patricia Djate | France | 2:00.81 | 3. Irina Samorokova | Russia | 2:00.81 | 4. Malgorzata Rydz | Poland | 2:00.83 | 5. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:01.55 | 6. Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2:02.18 | 7. Malin Ewerlof | Sweden | 2:02.28 | 8. Kati Kovacs | Germany | 2:03.54 |
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| First 4 from each Heat and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | time | 1. Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:04.49 | 2. Irina Samorokova | Russia | 2:04.52 | 3. Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2:04.56 | 4. Malgorzata Rydz | Poland | 2:04.57 | 5. Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 2:04.96 | 6. Ludmila Formanova | Czechia | 2:05.29 | 7. Satu Jaaskelainen | Finland | 2:08.38 | 8. Aisling Molloy | Ireland | 2:08.46 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2:01.86 | 2. Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 2:01.87 | 3. Maria Akraka | Sweden | 2:01.91 | 4. Kati Kovacs | Germany | 2:02.04 | 5. Karen Gydesen | Denmark | 2:02.05 | 6. Anna Brzezinska | Poland | 2:02.10 | 7. Ann Griffiths | Great Britain | 2:02.42 | -. Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | DNS |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Patricia Djate | France | 2:02.19 | 2. Lyudmila Rogachova | Russia | 2:02.74 | 3. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:02.85 | 4. Christine Wachtel | Germany | 2:03.13 | 5. Malin Ewerlof | Sweden | 2:03.19 | 6. Yelena Zavadskaya | Ukraine | 2:03.20 | 7. Marjo Piipponen | Finland | 2:04.81 | -. Sonya Bowyer | Great Britain | DNS |
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