Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Shelley Mann | United States | 1:11.2 | OR | 4 | 19 | 1. | 2. Nancy Ramey | United States | 1:13.4 | +2.2s | 5 | 16 | 2. | 3. Sara Barber | Canada | 1:16.2 | +5.0s | 6 | 15 | 6. | 4. Marta Skupilova | Czechoslovakia | 1:17.7 | +6.5s | 1 | 18 | 9. | 5. Maureen Patricia Giles | Australia | 1:19.4 | +8.2s | 2 | 18 | 11. | -. Moira Abernethy | South Africa | DNS | | 3 | 17 | | -. Gertrudes Lozada | Philippines | DNS | | 7 | _ | |
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Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Beverley Ann Bainbridge | Australia | 1:14.4 | +3.2s | 1 | 16 | 3. | 2. Mary Sears | United States | 1:15.1 | +3.9s | 3 | 17 | 4. | 3. Maria Littomeritzky | Hungary | 1:15.2 | +4.0s | 6 | 29 | 5. | 4. Beth Whittall | Canada | 1:16.9 | +5.7s | 2 | 20 | 7. | 5. Jutta Langenau | UT Germany | 1:17.4 | +6.2s | 5 | 23 | 8. | 6. Anne Morton | Great Britain | 1:17.7 | +6.5s | 4 | 19 | 9. | 7. Odette Lusien | France | 1:19.8 | +8.6s | 7 | 29 | 12. |
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