| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | TCH | |
1:54,68 |
| 2 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | |
1:56,11 |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | URS | |
1:57,58 |
| 4 | Margrit Klinger | FRG | 1:58,11 | |
| 5 | Robin Campbell | USA | 2:00,03 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 2:00,13 | |
| 7 | Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová | TCH | 2:01,72 | |
| 8 | Antje Schröder | GDR | 2:02,13 |