| 1 | Barbara Wieck | GDR | |
2:05,3 | WR |
| 2 | Magdolna Kulcsár | HUN | |
2:07,5 | |
| 3 | Anna Zimina | URS | |
2:08,0 | |
| 4 | Emilie Ovadková | TCH | 2:09,8 | ||
| 5 | Zofia Kolakowska | POL | 2:10,8 | ||
| 6 | Annelise Damm-Olesen | DEN | 2:11,6 | ||
| 7 | Mirjana Kovacev | YUG | 2:15,7 | ||
| 8 | María Sykora | AUT | 2:18,7 |