| Final | | time | | | 1. Nikolina Shtereva |  Bulgaria | 2:02.2 | CR | | 2. Lilyana Tomova | Bulgaria | 2:02.6 | | | 3. Gisela Klein |  West Germany | 2:03.2 | | | 4. Ivanka Bonova | Bulgaria | 2:04.5 | | | 5. Angelika Traugott | West Germany | 2:04.9 | | | 6. Jozefína Ŭerchlanová |  Czechoslovakia | 2:15.9 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 21st February | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:05.4 | Q | | 2. Ivanka Bonova | Bulgaria | 2:06.4 | Q | | 3. Angelika Traugott | West Germany | 2:06.4 | Q | | 4. Jolanta Januchta |  Poland | 2:08.5 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Gisela Klein | West Germany | 2:09.6 | Q | | 6. Lilyana Tomova | Bulgaria | 2:09.7 | Q | | 7. Jozefína Ŭerchlanová | Czechoslovakia | 2:10.2 | Q | | 8. Ann Larsson |  Sweden | 2:10.5 | | | 9. Maria Ritter |  Liechtenstein | 2:15.4 | NR |
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