| Final 14:40 | time | | | | 1. Yelizaveta Yermolayeva |  URS | 2:06.3 | CR | | 2. Diane Leather |  GBR | 2:06.6 | | | 3. Dzidra Levicka | URS | 2:06.6 | | | 4. Ariane Döser |  FRG | 2:08.2 | | | 5. Vera Mukhanova | URS | 2:08.4 | | | 6. Edith Schiller | FRG | 2:10.2 | | | 7. Beata Żbikowska |  POL | 2:11.0 | | | 8. Betty Loakes | GBR | 2:11.4 | | | 9. Joyce Jordan | GBR | 2:11.6 | |
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| History Women 800m | | World and European Record: Otkalenko (URS) 2:05 | | Championship Record: Otkalenko (URS) 2:08.8 - 1954 |
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Heats - Friday 22.08 15:40 | | First 3 to Final |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | URS | 2:10.1 | Q | | 2. Joyce Jordan | GBR | 2:10.5 | Q | | 3. Ariane Döser | FRG | 2:10.7 | Q | | 4. Krystyna Nowakowska | POL | 2:10.7 | | | 5. Eila Helin |  FIN | 2:11.9 | | | 6. Jytte Kort |  DEN | 2:16.4 | | | 7. Maria Kessels |  BEL | 2:38.5 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Diane Leather | GBR | 2:09.8 | Q | | 2. Dzidra Levicka | URS | 2:10.0 | Q | | 3. Beata Żbikowska | POL | 2:10.2 | Q | | 4. Margrete Buscher | FRG | 2:11.3 | | | 5. Nicole Goullieux |  FRA | 2:11.7 | | | 6. Milica Rajkov |  YUG | 2:13.3 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Betty Loakes | GBR | 2:10.6 | Q | | 2. Vera Mukhanova | URS | 2:10.6 | Q | | 3. Edith Schiller | FRG | 2:10.8 | Q | | 4. Gül Çıray |  TUR | 2:11.6 | NR | | 5. Aranka Kazi |  HUN | 2:12.1 | | | 6. Saara Vilén | FIN | 2:15.1 | | | -. Dumitrescu |  ROU | DNS | |
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