Heat 4 | | time | | Rk | 1. Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 2:02.83 | 1. | 1. | 2. Vania Argirova | Bulgaria | 2:03.33 | 2. | 2. | 4. Andrea Orosz | Hungary | 2:03.58 | 4. | 3. | 7. Silvia Persi | Italy | 2:04.29 | 7. | 4. | 14.Romana Frydlova | Czechoslovakia | 2:05.22 | 14. | 5. | 19.Aneta Patrascoiu | Romania | 2:07.28 | 19. | 6. | 20.Maija Airas | Finland | 2:07.33 | 20. | 7. | 25.Brindis Olafsfottir | Iceland | 2:10.11 | 25. | 8. |
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Heat 3 | | time | | Rk | 3. Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 2:03.51 | 3. | 1. | 6. Susanne Schuster | West Germany | 2:04.29 | 6. | 2. | 8. Julia Lebek | West Germany | 2:04.46 | 8. | 3. | 21.Bozena Durek | Poland | 2:07.43 | 21. | 4. | 23.Ajneta Eriksson | Sweden | 2:08.57 | 23. | 5. | 24.Inma Tarrago | Spain | 2:08.85 | 24. | 6. |
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