| Final | | time | | | 1. Maria Sykora |  Austria | 2:07.0 | | | 2. Lyudmila Bragina |  Soviet Union | 2:07.5 | | | 3. Zofia Kołakowska |  Poland | 2:07.6 | | | 4. Ilja Keizer |  Netherlands | 2:07.7 | | | 5. Lyudmila Safronova | Soviet Union | 2:07.9 | | | 6. Svetla Zlateva |  Bulgaria | 2:08.6 | | | 7. María Fuentes |  Spain | 2:09.0 | | | 8. Hildegard Janze |  West Germany | 2:09.5 | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Hildegard Janze | West Germany | 2:09.9 | Q | | 2. Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 2:10.5 | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 2:10.7 | Q | | 4. Zofia Kołakowska | Poland | 2:10.9 | Q | | 5. Annelise Damm Olesen |  Denmark | 2:14.5 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Lyudmila Safronova | Soviet Union | 2:12.9 | Q | | 2. Maria Sykora | Austria | 2:13.0 | Q | | 3. María Fuentes | Spain | 2:14.9 | Q | | 4. Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 2:14.9 | Q | | 5. Rosemary Stirling |  Great Britain | 2:16.8 | | | 6. Wenche Sørum |  Norway | 2:18.9 | |
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