| Final | time | gap | 100m | | 1. Anita Lonsbrough |  Great Britain | 2:50.2 | | 1:23.0 | | 2. Klena Bimolt |  Netherlands | 2:51.2 | +1.0s | 1:23.3 | | 3. Ursula Kuper |  East Germany | 2:52.2 | +2.0s | 1:21.2 | | 4. Bettie Heukels | Netherlands | 2:53.1 | +2.9s | 1:24.4 | | 5. Jacqueline Enfield | Great Britain | 2:53.4 | +3.2s | 1:23.0 | | 6. Karin Bayer | East Germany | 2:54.9 | +4.7s | 1:22.3 | | 7. Kaleria Yegorova |  Soviet Union | 2:56.9 | +6.7s | 1:23.0 | | 8. Barbro Eriksson |  Sweden | 3:00.1 | +9.9s | 1:26.0 |
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| World Record: Karin Breyer, East Germany 2:48.9 1961 |
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Heats - Monday, 20st August |
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Jacqueline Enfield | Great Britain | 2:54.0 | 3. | | 2. Karin Bayer | East Germany | 2:56.4 | 7. | | 3. Kaleria Yegorova | Soviet Union | 2:56.5 | 8. | | 4. Liliana Pareva |  Bulgaria | 3:03.8 | 16. | | 5. Luciana Marcellini |  Italy | 3:04.5 | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | | 1. Bettie Heukels | Netherlands | 2:54.3 | 4. | | 2. Ursula Kuper | East Germany | 2:54.6 | 5. | | 3. Barbro Eriksson | Sweden | 2:56.1 | 6. | | 4. Kveta Klemesova |  Czechoslovakia | 2:59.4 | 10. | | 5. Nicolle Varvenne |  France | 3:00.9 | 11. | | 6. Isabel Castane |  Spain | 3:01.3 | 12. | | 7. Sandra Jordan |  Romania | 3:02.0 | 15. | | 8. Alisia Kleminska |  Poland | 3:06.1 | 18. |
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| Heat 3 | time | Rk. | | 1. Klena Bimolt | Netherlands | 2:51.2 | 1. | | 2. Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain | 2:52.0 | 2. | | 3. Irina Petrova | Soviet Union | 2:58.4 | 9. | | 4. Zussa Kovacs |  Hungary | 3:01.8 | 13. | | 5. Michele Pialat | France | 3:01.8 | 14. |
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