| Final | | time | | | 1. Hildegard Falck |  West Germany | 2:06.1 | | | 2. Ileana Silai |  Romania | 2:06.5 | | | 3. Rosemary Stirling |  Great Britain | 2:06.6 | | | 4. Colette Besson |  France | 2:07.5 | | | 5. Nadezhda Kolesnikova |  Soviet Union | 2:08.1 | | | 6. Donata Govoni |  Italy | 2:09.2 | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:06.0 | Q, NR | | 2. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:06.1 | Q | | 3. Claire Walsh |  Ireland | 2:07.4 | | | 4. Magdolna Kulcsár |  Hungary | 2:08.4 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Donata Govoni | Italy | 2:09.6 | Q | | 2. Colette Besson | France | 2:10.2 | Q | | 3. Rosemarie Klute | West Germany | 2:10.6 | | | 4. Marie Otova |  Czechoslovakia | 2:11.0 | | | 5. Dzhena Bineva |  Bulgaria | 2:12.1 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Soviet Union | 2:07.9 | Q | | 2. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:08.8 | Q | | 3. María Fuentes |  Spain | 2:10.6 | | | 4. Vesela Tasheva | Bulgaria | 2:11.1 | | | 5. Hannelore Heyn | West Germany | 2:12.7 | |
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| All Times | | Final | | time | | | 1. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:06.1 | | | 2. Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:06.5 | | | 3. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:06.6 | | | 4. Colette Besson | France | 2:07.5 | | | 5. Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Soviet Union | 2:08.1 | | | 6. Donata Govoni | Italy | 2:09.2 | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:06.0 | Q, NR | | 2. Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:06.1 | Q | | 3. Claire Walsh | Ireland | 2:07.4 | | | 4. Magdolna Kulcsár | Hungary | 2:08.4 | | | 1. Donata Govoni | Italy | 2:09.6 | Q | | 2. Colette Besson | France | 2:10.2 | Q | | 3. Rosemarie Klute | West Germany | 2:10.6 | | | 4. Marie Otova | Czechoslovakia | 2:11.0 | | | 5. Dzhena Bineva | Bulgaria | 2:12.1 | | | 1. Nadezhda Kolesnikova | Soviet Union | 2:07.9 | Q | | 2. Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:08.8 | Q | | 3. María Fuentes | Spain | 2:10.6 | | | 4. Vesela Tasheva | Bulgaria | 2:11.1 | | | 5. Hannelore Heyn | West Germany | 2:12.7 | |
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