| Final | | times | | | 1. Sigrun Ludwigs |  East Germany | 1:59.89 | | | 2. Cristieana Cojocaru |  Romania | 2:01.54 | | | 3. Slobodanka Ŭolović |  Yugoslavia | 2:03.28 | | | 4. Kirsty McDermott |  Great Britain | 2:03.69 | | | 5. Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:08.96 | | | -. Catherine Guerrero |  France | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 22nd February | | First 2 ftom each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Sigrun Ludwigs | East Germany | 2:04.26 | Q | | 2. Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:04.38 | Q | | 3. Slobodanka Ŭolović | Yugoslavia | 2:04.39 | q | | 4. Catherine Guerrero | France | 2:05.29 | q | | 8. Amaia Andrés |  Spain | 2:08.58 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Kirsty McDermott | Great Britain | 2:07.13 | Q | | 6. Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:07.40 | Q | | 7. Nadine Debois | France | 2:08.39 | | | 9. Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:09.39 | |
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