| Final | | time | | | 1. Ulrike Bruns |  East Germany | 2:02.3 | | | 2. Totka Petrova |  Bulgaria | 2:02.5 | | | 3. Mariana Suman |  Romania | 2:03.4 | | | 4. Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium | 2:03.8 | | | 5. Heike Roock | East Germany | 2:03.8 | | | 6. Verona Elder |  Great Britain | 2:09.2 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 11th March | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 8. Ulrike Bruns | East Germany | 2:04.3 | Q | | 8. Verona Elder | Great Britain | 2:04.3 | Q | | 12.Chantal Aubry |  France | 2:05.9 | | | 13.Gabriella Dorio |  Italy | 2:06.0 | | | 15.Lilja Guðmundsdóttir |  Iceland | 2:11.6 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Heike Roock | East Germany | 2:02.9 | Q | | 6. Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | Belgium | 2:03.1 | Q | | 7. Elżbieta Katolik |  Poland | 2:03.4 | | | 8. Elena Tărîță | Romania | 2:04.3 | | | 14.Galina Atanasova | Bulgaria | 2:06.7 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:01.5 | Q | | 2. Mariana Suman | Romania | 2:01.6 | Q | | 3. Tatyana Providokhina |  Soviet Union | 2:02.4 | | | 5. Marie-Françoise Dubois | France | 2:03.0 | | | 11.Silvana Cruciata | Italy | 2:04.7 | |
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