| 1 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | |
2:01,32 |
| 2 | Gabriela Sedlaková | TCH | |
2:01.85 |
| 3 | Lyubov Kiryuchina | URS | |
2:01,98 |
| 4 | Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 2:02,33 | |
| 5 | Janet Bell | GBR | 2:02,96 | |
| 6 | Joetta Clark | USA | 2:03,92 | |
| 7 | Maria Pintea | ROM | 2:04,33 | |
| 8 | Diana Richburg | USA | 2:05,86 |