| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kaye Hall | USA | 1:06.2 | 3. 2. | | 2. Elaine Tanner | CAN | 1:06.7 | 1. 1. | | 3. Jane Swagerty | USA | 1:08.1 | 6. 3. | | 4. Kendis Moore | USA | 1:08.3 | 10.6. | | 5. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:09.1 | 13.7. | | 6. Lynne Watson | AUS | 1:09.1 | 2. 4. | | 7. Sylvie Canet | FRA | 1:09.3 | 9. 4. | | 8. Glenda Stirling | NZL | 1:10.6 | 6. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lynne Watson | AUS | 1:09.0 | 4. | | 2. Kendis Moore | USA | 1:09.6 | 6. | | 3. Glenda Stirling | NZL | 1:10.1 | 8. | | 4. Yukiko Goushi | JPN | 1:10.2 | 9. | | 5. Duprez Bénédicte | FRA | 1:10.6 | 10. | | 6. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 1:10.8 | 12. | | 7. María Corominas | ESP | 1:11.0 | 14. | | 8. Tina Lek'veishvili | URS | 1:11.0 | 14. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Elaine Tanner | CAN | 1:07.4 | 1. | | 2. Kaye Hall | USA | 1:08.2 | 2. | | 3. Jane Swagerty | USA | 1:08.6 | 3. | | 4. Sylvie Canet | FRA | 1:09.0 | 4. | | 5. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:09.9 | 7. | | 6. Cobie Buter | NED | 1:10.7 | 11. | | 7. Kiki Caron | FRA | 1:10.8 | 12. | | 8. Ulla Patrikka | FIN | 1:12.1 | 16. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 2. Glenda Stirling | NZL | 1:10.2 | 6. | | 1. Yukiko Goushi | JPN | 1:10.2 | 6. | | 3. Kiki Caron | FRA | 1:10.5 | 10. | | 4. Bep Weeteling | NED | 1:12.5 | 24. | | 5. Jacqueline Brown | GBR | 1:13.0 | 26. | | 6. Lidia Ramírez | MEX | 1:14.5 | 31. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 1:09.9 | 4. | | 2. Jane Swagerty | USA | 1:10.2 | 6. | | 3. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:11.3 | 13. | | 4. Yvette Hafner | AUT | 1:11.8 | 18. | | 5. Adriana Comolli | ARG | 1:13.8 | 29. | | 6. Doris Meister | FRG | 1:14.1 | 30. | | 7. Rosa Hasbún | ESA | 1:20.5 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Elaine Tanner | CAN | 1:07.6 | 1. | | 2. Lynne Watson | AUS | 1:09.4 | 2. | | 3. María Corominas | ESP | 1:10.7 | 12. | | 4. Ulla Patrikka | FIN | 1:11.6 | 15. | | 5. Angelika Kraus | FRG | 1:12.6 | 25. | | 6. Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | 1:17.7 | 36. | | 7. Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Lien | SVI | 1:19.2 | 38. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kendis Moore | USA | 1:10.5 | 10. | | 2. Tatyana Savelyeva | URS | 1:11.7 | 17. | | 3. Anca Andreiu | ROU | 1:11.8 | 18. | | 4. Dianna Rickard | AUS | 1:12.4 | 23. | | 5. Anne Walton | CAN | 1:13.0 | 26. | | 6. María Procopio | ARG | 1:15.9 | 34. | | 7. Shen Bao-Ni | TWN | 1:21.5 | 40. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sylvie Canet | FRA | 1:10.4 | 9. | | 2. Tina Lek'veishvili | URS | 1:11.3 | 13. | | 3. Duprez Bénédicte | FRA | 1:11.6 | 15. | | 4. Patricia Sentous | ARG | 1:13.5 | 28. | | 5. Pru Chapman | NZL | 1:15.2 | 32. | | 6. Carmen Ferracuti | ESA | 1:17.8 | 37. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kaye Hall | USA | 1:09.8 | 3. | | 2. Cobie Buter | NED | 1:10.0 | 5. | | 3. Balla-Lantos Mária | HUN | 1:11.9 | 20. | | 4. Cobie Sikkens | NED | 1:11.9 | 20. | | 5. Wendy Burrell | GBR | 1:12.0 | 22. | | 6. Francine Dauven | BEL | 1:15.3 | 33. | | 7. Judit Bárányi | HUN | 1:16.0 | 35. |
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