| Final 18:00 | time | | | 1. Lillian Board |  GBR | 2:01.4/50 | CR | | 2. Annelise Damm-Olesen |  DEN | 2:02.6 | NR | | 3. Vera Nikolić |  YUG | 2:02.6 | | | 4. Barbara Wieck |  GDR | 2:02.7 | | | 5. Ileana Silai |  ROU | 2:03.0 | | | 6. Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:03.4 | | | 7. Anne-Marie Nenzell |  SWE | 2:05.2 | | | 8. Ilja Keizer |  NED | 2:05.2 | |
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| History Women 800m | | World and European Record: Vera Nikolic (YUG) 2:00.5 |
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Heats - Tuesday 16.09 18:10 | | First 2 and Best proress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Ileana Silai | ROU | 2:05.0 | Q | | 2. Anne-Marie Nenzell | SWE | 2:06.0 | Q | | 3. Gertrud Schmidt | GDR | 2:06.0 | | | 4. Zofia Kołakowska |  POL | 2:07.1 | | | 5. Britt Ramstad |  NOR | 2:07.4 | | | 6. Neşe Karatepe |  TUR | 2:18.8 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Vera Nikolić | YUG | 2:04.2 | Q | | 2. Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:05.9 | Q | | 3. Milda Kade |  URS | 2:06.7 | | | 4. Maryvonne Dupureur |  FRA | 2:09.6 | | | 5. María Budavári |  HUN | 2:10.7 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Lillian Board | GBR | 2:04.2 | Q | | 2. Annelise Damm-Olesen | DEN | 2:04.5 | NR Q | | 3. Ilja Keizer | NED | 2:04.8 | q | | 4. Barbara Wieck | GDR | 2:05.4 | q |
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