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Date: 17 October 1968 / 18 October 1968 / 19 October 1968
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Madeline Manning | USA | 2:00.9 |
| 2 | Ilona Silai | ROU | 2:02.5 |
| 3 | Maria Gommers | NED | 2:02.6 |
| 4 | Sheila Taylor | GBR | 2:03.8 |
| 5 | Doris Brown | USA | 2:03.9 |
| 6 | Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:04.2 |
| 7 | Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2:06.8 |
| 8 | Marie Dupureur | FRA | 2:08.2 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Laine Erik | URS | 2:06.0 |
| 10 | Sylvia Potts | NZL | 2:07.2 |
| 11 | Paola Pigni | ITA | 2:07.8 |
| 12 | Karin Burneleit | GDR | 2:08.4 |
| 13 | Anna Zimina | URS | 2:08.5 |
| 14 | Jaroslava Jehlickova | TCH | 2:13.5 |
| 15 | Ilja Keizer | NED | 2:14.8 |
| Heats | |||
| 16 | Vera Nikolic | YUG | 2:05.7 |
| 17 | Francie Kraker | USA | 2:07.3 |
| 18 | Barbara Wieck | GDR | 2:08.5 |
| 19 | Annelise Dam Olesen | DEN | 2:09.0 |
| 20 | Hana Shezifi | ISR | 2:09.2 |
| 21 | Eeva Haimi | FIN | 2:09.6 |
| 22 | Joan Page | GBR | 2:10.2 |
| 23 | Mathilda Van Der Made | NED | 2:10.5 |
| 24 | Elizabeth Chesire | KEN | 2:10.9 |