| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ulrike Richter | GDR | 1:01.83 | 2. 1. | | 2. Birgit Treiber | GDR | 1:03.41 | 4. 5. | | 3. Nancy Garapick | CAN | 1:03.71 | 1. 2. | | 4. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:03.93 | 3. 4. | | 5. Cheryl Gibson | CAN | 1:05.16 | 12.6. | | 6. Nadezhda Stavko | URS | 1:05.19 | 9. 8. | | 7. Antje Stille | GDR | 1:05.30 | 5. 3. | | 8. Diane Edelijn | NED | 1:05.53 | 11.9. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ulrike Richter | GDR | 1:02.39 | 1. | | 2. Birgit Treiber | GDR | 1:04.21 | 5. | | 3. Cheryl Gibson | CAN | 1:04.89 | 6. | | 4. Klavdiya Studennikova | URS | 1:05.73 | 10. | | 5. Linda Jezek | USA | 1:06.01 | 11. | | 6. Michelle de Vries | AUS | 1:06.02 | 12. | | 7. Tauna Vandeweghe | USA | 1:06.29 | 14. | | 8. Glenda Robertson | AUS | 1:06.93 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nancy Garapick | CAN | 1:03.75 | 2. | | 2. Antje Stille | GDR | 1:03.94 | 3. | | 3. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:04.17 | 4. | | 4. Enith Brigitha | NED | 1:05.21 | 7. | | 5. Nadezhda Stavko | URS | 1:05.23 | 8. | | 6. Diane Edelijn | NED | 1:05.58 | 9. | | 7. Heike John | FRG | 1:06.26 | 13. | | 8. Yoshimi Nishigawa | JPN | 1:06.46 | 15. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ulrike Richter | GDR | 1:03.61 | 2. | | 2. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:04.31 | 3. | | 3. Diane Edelijn | NED | 1:05.56 | 11. | | 4. Yoshimi Nishigawa | JPN | 1:05.78 | 13. | | 5. Heike John | FRG | 1:06.20 | 15. | | 6. Gunilla Lundberg | SWE | 1:07.73 | 25. | | 7. Pierrette Michel | BEL | 1:12.73 | 32. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Antje Stille | GDR | 1:04.34 | 5. | | 2. Enith Brigitha | NED | 1:04.98 | 7. | | 3. Nadezhda Stavko | URS | 1:05.39 | 9. | | 4. Glenda Robertson | AUS | 1:06.19 | 14. | | 5. Monique Rodahl | NZL | 1:06.73 | 22. | | 6. Naoko Miura | JPN | 1:08.31 | 27. | | 7. Deirdre Sheehan | IRE | 1:11.53 | 30. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Birgit Treiber | GDR | 1:04.34 | 4. | | 2. Linda Jezek | USA | 1:04.69 | 6. | | 3. Karin Bormann | FRG | 1:06.33 | 18. | | 4. Renee Magee | USA | 1:06.44 | 19. | | 5. Joy Beasley | GBR | 1:06.66 | 21. | | 6. Claudia Bellotto | ARG | 1:10.27 | 28. | | 7. Raphaelynne Lee | HKG | 1:14.66 | 33. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nancy Garapick | CAN | 1:03.28 | 1. | | 2. Michelle de Vries | AUS | 1:06.22 | 16. | | 3. Gabriella Verrasztó | HUN | 1:06.27 | 17. | | 4. Amanda James | GBR | 1:07.28 | 23. | | 5. Angelika Grieser | FRG | 1:08.08 | 26. | | 6. Liliana Cian | COL | 1:11.62 | 31. | | 7. Sansanee Changkasiri | THA | 1:19.15 | 34. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tauna Vandeweghe | USA | 1:05.00 | 8. | | 2. Klavdiya Studennikova | URS | 1:05.56 | 10. | | 3. Cheryl Gibson | CAN | 1:05.64 | 12. | | 4. Antonella Roncelli | ITA | 1:06.59 | 20. | | 5. Sylvie Testuz | FRA | 1:07.62 | 24. | | 6. Paola Ruggieri | VEN | 1:11.14 | 29. |
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