Final | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Kornelia Ender | GDR | 1:59.26 | 3. | 2. Shirley Babashoff | USA | 2:01.22 | 2. | 3. Enith Brigitha | NED | 2:01.40 | 1. | 4. Annelies Maas | NED | 2:02.56 | 4. | 5. Gail Amundrud | CAN | 2:03.32 | 8. | 6. Jennifer Hooker | USA | 2:04.20 | 7. | 7. Claudia Hempel | GDR | 2:04.61 | 5. | 8. Irina Vlasova | URS | 2:05.63 | 6. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Kornelia Ender | GDR | 2:02.50 | 3. | 2. Jill Sterkel | USA | 2:03.94 | 10. | 3. Ineke Ran | NED | 2:05.01 | 12. | 4. Michelle Ford | AUS | 2:05.72 | 16. | 5. Susan Barnard | GBR | 2:08.76 | 23. | 6. María Paris | CRC | 2:13.17 | 30. | 7. María Pérez | VEN | 2:13.97 | 32. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Shirley Babashoff | USA | 2:01.64 | 2. | 2. Annelies Maas | NED | 2:03.01 | 4. | 3. Anne Jardin | CAN | 2:05.28 | 14. | 4. Guylaine Berger | FRA | 2:06.74 | 19. | 5. Susan Edmondson | GBR | 2:10.08 | 26. | 6. Vania Vázquez | VEN | 2:13.54 | 31. | 7. Shelley Cramer | USV | 2:14.94 | 35. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Enith Brigitha | NED | 2:01.54 | 1. | 2. Jennifer Hooker | USA | 2:03.72 | 7. | 3. Anne Richard | BEL | 2:07.90 | 20. | 4. Lesleigh Harvey | AUS | 2:08.60 | 22. | 5. Pia Mårtensson | SWE | 2:09.85 | 25. | 6. Ann Bradshaw | GBR | 2:10.93 | 28. | 7. Georgina Osorio | PAN | 2:19.06 | 37. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Irina Vlasova | URS | 2:03.67 | 6. | 2. Rebecca Perrott | NZL | 2:03.94 | 9. | 3. Andrea Pollack | GDR | 2:06.12 | 17. | 4. Marion Platten | FRG | 2:06.70 | 18. | 5. Regina Nissen | FRG | 2:14.66 | 34. | 6. Deirdre Sheehan | IRE | 2:15.69 | 36. | 7. Susana Coppo | ARG | 2:19.26 | 38. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Gail Amundrud | CAN | 2:03.85 | 8. | 2. Debbie Clarke | CAN | 2:05.10 | 13. | 3. Lyubov Kobzova | URS | 2:05.55 | 15. | 4. Gunilla Lundberg | SWE | 2:09.51 | 24. | 5. Jane Fayer | PUR | 2:19.93 | 39. | 6. Raphaelynne Lee | HKG | 2:20.76 | 40. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Claudia Hempel | GDR | 2:03.36 | 5. | 2. Larisa Tsareva | URS | 2:03.98 | 11. | 3. Jutta Weber | FRG | 2:08.02 | 21. | 4. Sonya Gray | AUS | 2:10.73 | 27. | 5. Rachaniw Bulakul | THA | 2:12.92 | 29. | 6. Vilborg Sverrisdóttir | ISL | 2:14.27 | 33. |
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