| Final 17:35 | | time | | | 1. Gerda Kraan |  Netherlands | 2:02.8 | ER | | 2. Waltraud Kaufmann |  East Germany | 2:05.0 | NR | | 3. Olga Kazi |  Hungary | 2:05.0 | NR | | 4. Joy Jordan |  Great Britain | 2:05.0 | NR | | 5. Krystyna Nowakowska |  Poland | 2:05.8 | NR | | 6. Vera Mukhanova |  Soviet Union | 2:07.2 | |
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| History Women 800m | | World Record: Willis, Austrlia 2:01.2 | | European Record: Shevzova, Soviet Union 2:04.3 | | Semi-Finals |
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| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 2:06.3 | CR Q | | 2. Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:08.3 | Q | | 3. Phyllis Perkins | Great Britain | 2:08.4 | | | 4. Ilse Schönemann | East Germany | 2:09.4 | | | 5. Gizella Sasvári | Hungary | 2:11.1 | | | 6. Maeve Kyle |  Ireland | 2:13.0 | NR | | 7. Elisabeta Teodorof |  Romania | 2:13.6 | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Joy Jordan | Great Britain | 2:07.4 | Q | | 2. Waltraud Kaufmann | East Germany | 2:07.7 | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.4 | | | 4. Florica Grecescu | Romania | 2:08.8 | | | 5. Milica Rajkov |  Yugoslavia | 2:16.5 | | | -. Z. Isaieva |  Bulgaria | DNS | | | -. B. Zbikowska | Poland | DNS | |
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| Semi 3 | | time | | | 1. Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:08.1 | Q | | 2. Krystyna Nowakowska | Poland | 2:08.1 | Q | | 3. Tamara Dmitriyeva | Soviet Union | 2:08.9 | | | 4. Anita Wörner |  West Germany | 2:09.5 | | | 5. Madeline Ibbotson | Great Britain | 2:09.7 | | | 6. Jannie van Eyck-Voss | Netherlands | 2:11.3 | | | 7. Gilda Jannacone |  Italy | 2:13.6 | |
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| Heats - Friday 14th September 17:25 | | First 2 progress to Semi-Finals. Not enough competitors. |
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