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Date: 31 August 1972 / 1 September 1972 / 3 September 1972
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Hildegard Falck | FRG | 1:58.6 |
| 2 | Nione Ssabaite | URS | 1:58.7 |
| 3 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 1:59.2 |
| 4 | Svetla Zlateva | BUL | 1:59.7 |
| 5 | Vera Nikolic | YUG | 2:00.0 |
| 6 | Ileana Silai | ROU | 2:00.0 |
| 7 | Rosemary Stirling | GBR | 2:00.2 |
| 8 | Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2:00.2 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Sylvia Schenk | FRG | 2:01.5 |
| 10 | Madeline Manning | USA | 2:02.4 |
| 11 | Maria Sykora | AUT | 2:02.4 |
| 12 | Gisela Ellenberger | FRG | 2:03.0 |
| 13 | Annelise Dam Olesen | DEN | 2:04.2 |
| 14 | Cheryl Peasley | AUS | 2:04.6 |
| 15 | Nina Morgunova | URS | 2:04.9 |
| 16 | Magdolna Rozsane Kulcsar | HUN | |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Maritta Politz | GDR | 2:02.4 |
| 18 | Margaret Coomber | GBR | 2:03.0 |
| 19 | Elzbieta Skowronska | POL | 2:03.3 |
| 20 | Patricia Cropper | GBR | 2:03.6 |
| 21 | Mary Tracey | IRL | 2:04.2 |
| 22 | Jennifer Orr | AUS | 2:04.5 |
| 23 | Cherono Maiyo | KEN | 2:04.9 |
| 23 | Martine Duvivier | FRA | 2:04.9 |
| 23 | Sue Haden | NZL | 2:04.9 |
| 26 | Donata Govoni | ITA | 2:05.2 |
| 27 | Vassilena Amzina | BUL | 2:06.0 |
| 28 | Elisabeth Neunschwander | SUI | 2:06.9 |
| 29 | Wendy Konig | USA | 2:08.7 |
| 30 | Cheryl Toussaint | USA | 2:08.9 |
| 31 | Claire Walsh | IRL | 2:09.0 |
| 32 | Marleen Verheuen | BEL | 2:09.1 |
| 33 | Raisa Russ | URS | 2:11.2 |
| 34 | Lee Chiu-Hsia | TPE | 2:11.8 |
| 35 | Malika Hadky | MAR | 2:12.5 |
| 36 | Emesia Chizunga | MAW | 2:19.2 |
| 37 | Heather Gooding | BAR | 2:19.7 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Malak Alnasser | SYR | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Arda Kalpakian | LBN | ||