| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 2:15.57 | 2. | | 2. Lynn Colella | USA | 2:16.34 | 4. | | 3. Ellie Daniel | USA | 2:16.74 | 1. | | 4. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 2:17.11 | 3. | | 5. Noriko Asano | JPN | 2:19.50 | 6. | | 6. Helga Lindner | GDR | 2:20.47 | 5. | | 7. Gail Neall | AUS | 2:21.88 | 8. | | 8. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 2:22.84 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 2:18.32 | 3. | | 2. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 2:23.01 | 7. | | 3. Anca Groza | ROU | 2:30.32 | 19. | | 4. Grisel Mendoza | MEX | 2:35.85 | 23. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ellie Daniel | USA | 2:17.18 | 1. | | 2. Jean Jeavons | GBR | 2:27.59 | 12. | | 3. Eva Wikner | SWE | 2:29.03 | 15. | | 4. Margrit Thomet | SUI | 2:29.21 | 16. | | 5. Faitlová Věra | TCH | 2:29.34 | 17. | | 6. Moira Brown | GBR | 2:30.08 | 18. | | 7. Jennifer McHugh | CAN | 2:30.36 | 20. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lynn Colella | USA | 2:18.80 | 4. | | 2. Noriko Asano | JPN | 2:20.09 | 6. | | 3. Gail Neall | AUS | 2:23.21 | 8. | | 4. Frieke Buys | NED | 2:24.20 | 9. | | 5. Olga de Angulo | COL | 2:34.69 | 22. | | 6. Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | 2:44.88 | 24. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 2:18.15 | 2. | | 2. Helga Lindner | GDR | 2:20.00 | 5. | | 3. Brigitte Mertz | GDR | 2:24.92 | 10. | | 4. Sue Funch | AUS | 2:26.69 | 11. | | 5. Eva Sigg | FIN | 2:27.64 | 13. | | 6. Ileana Morales | VEN | 2:28.41 | 14. | | 7. Maria Isabel Guerra | BRA | 2:32.60 | 21. |
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