| Final | | time | ?gap | L | | 1. Daniela Hunger |  Germany | 2:15.33 | | | 2 | | 2. Darya Shmeleva |  Russia | 2:16.90 | | 1.57s | 4 | | 3. Silvia Parera Carrau |  Spain | 2:17.06 | | 1.73s | 5 | | 4. Ewa Synowska |  Poland | 2:17.38 | | 2.05s | 3 | | 5. Lucy Findlay |  Great Britain | 2:17.78 | | 2.55s | 1 | | 6. Hana Cerna |  Czechoslovakia | 2:18.28 | | 2.95s | 7 | | 7. M. Nemec |  Austria | 2:19.14 | | 3.81s | 8 | | 8. M. Schultz |  Sweden | 2:19.62 | | 4.29s | 6 |
| World Record: 2:11.65 | | European Record: 2:11.73 |
| Final B | | time | ?gap | L | | 9. Jana Haas | Germany | 2:17.67 | | | - | | 10.Britta Vestergaard |  Denmark | 2:18.26 | | 0.59s | - | | 11.Hana Netrefova | Czechoslovakia | 2:18.28 | | 0.61s | - | | 15.Lurdes Becerra | Spain | 2:20.29 | | 2.62s | - | | --.Lurdes Becerra | Spain | 2:2-.-- | | -.--s | - |
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| Heats | | time | ?gap | L | | 1. Darya Shmeleva | Russia | 2:18.30 | | | - | | 2. Silvia Parera Carrau | Spain | 2:18.48 | | 0.18s | - | | 3. Ewa Synowska | Poland | 2:18.83 | | 0.53s | - | | 4. M. Schultz | Sweden | 2:18.92 | | 0.62s | - | | 5. Daniela Hunger | Germany | 2:18.95 | | 0.65s | - | | 6. Hana Cerna | Czechoslovakia | 2:19.00 | | 0.70s | - | | 6. Lucy Findlay | Great Britain | 2:17.78 | | -.--s | - | | 8. M. Nemec | Austria | 2:19.10 | | 0.80s | - | | --.Jana Haas | Germany | 2:1-.-- | | -.--s | - | | --.Britta Vestergaard | Denmark | 2:1-.-- | | -.--s | - | | --.Hana Netrefova | Czechoslovakia | 2:1-.-- | | -.--s | - | | 23.Petra Jund |  Switzerland | 2:27.72 | | -.--s | - |
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