| 1. Lyubov Gurina |  Soviet Union | 2:01.63 | | | 2. Sabine Zwiener |  West Germany | 2:02.23 | | | 3. Lorraine Baker |  Great Britain | 2:02.42 | | | 4. Ellen Kießling |  East Germany | 2:02.58 | | | 5. Tudorita Chidu |  Romania | 2:02.88 | | | 6. Aisling Molloy |  Ireland | 2:05.98 | |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| 9. Ellen Kießling | East Germany | 2:09.59 | Q | | 10.Lorraine Baker | Great Britain | 2:10.19 | Q | | 11.Mayte Zúñiga |  Spain | 2:10.40 | Q | | 12.Inna Yevseyeva | Soviet Union | 2:10.43 | | | 13.Elsa Amaral |  Portugal | 2:11.66 | | | 1. Sabine Zwiener | West Germany | 2:03.62 | Q | | 3. Lorraine Baker | Great Britain | 2:03.78 | Q | | 6. Aisling Molloy | Ireland | 2:04.21 | q | | 7. Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:04.79 | | | 11.Rossana Morabito |  Italy | 2:07.18 | |
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| 1. Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:05.67 | Q | | 2. Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 2:05.76 | Q | | 3. Aisling Molloy | Ireland | 2:05.90 | Q | | 8. Helen Thorpe | Great Britain | 2:08.18 | q | | -. Theresia Kiesl |  Austria | DQ | | | 2. Tudorita Chidu | Romania | 2:03.72 | Q | | 4. Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 2:03.82 | Q | | 5. Ellen Kießling | East Germany | 2:04.07 | q | | 8. Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:05.26 | | | 9. Dawn Gandy | Great Britain | 2:05.44 | | | 10.Helen Thorpe | Great Britain | 2:07.08 | |
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| 4. Tudorita Chidu | Romania | 2:06.15 | Q | | 5. Sabine Zwiener | West Germany | 2:06.71 | Q | | 6. Dawn Gandy | Great Britain | 2:07.30 | Q | | 7. Rossana Morabito | Italy | 2:07.30 | q |
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