Final A | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 2:07.06 | 1. | 2. Dagmar Hase | GER | 2:09.46 | 3. | 3. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 2:10.20 | 5. | 4. Lea Loveless | USA | 2:11.54 | 2. | 5. Anna Simcic | NZL | 2:11.99 | 6. | 6. Tünde Szabó | HUN | 2:12.94 | 8. | 7. Silvia Poll | CRC | 2:12.97 | 4. | 8. Leigh Habler | AUS | 2:13.68 | 7. |
Final B | Team | time | Rk. | 9. Marion Zoller | GER | 2:13.77 | 12. | 10.Joanne Deakins | GBR | 2:13.91 | 10. | 11.Junko Torikai | JPN | 2:15.20 | 17. | 12.Lin Li | CHN | 2:15.38 | 15. | 13.Lorenza Vigarani | ITA | 2:16.21 | 13. | 14.Nina Zhivanevskaya | URS | 2:17.61 | 10. | 15.Noriko Inada | JPN | 2:17.68 | 14. | 16.Nathalie Wunderlich | SUI | 2:19.70 | 16. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 2:07.34 | 1. | 2. Dagmar Hase | GER | 2:11.52 | 3. | 3. Anna Simcic | NZL | 2:12.99 | 6. | 4. Leigh Habler | AUS | 2:13.44 | 7. | 5. Nina Zhivanevskaya | URS | 2:14.34 | 10. | 6. Lin Li | CHN | 2:15.87 | 15. | 7. FRAsca Salvalajo | ITA | 2:16.89 | 20. | 8. Lu Bin | CHN | 2:18.51 | 31. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 2:12.32 | 5. | 2. Janie Wagstaff | USA | 2:13.91 | 9. | 3. Joanne Deakins | GBR | 2:14.34 | 10. | 4. Lorenza Vigarani | ITA | 2:15.49 | 13. | 5. Noriko Inada | JPN | 2:15.74 | 14. | 6. Junko Torikai | JPN | 2:16.13 | 17. | 7. Nikki Dryden | CAN | 2:17.54 | 23. | 8. Beth Hazel | CAN | 2:17.70 | 25. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Lea Loveless | USA | 2:11.32 | 2. | 2. Silvia Poll | CRC | 2:11.66 | 4. | 3. Tünde Szabó | HUN | 2:13.81 | 8. | 4. Marion Zoller | GER | 2:14.53 | 12. | 5. Nuria Castelló | ESP | 2:16.24 | 18. | 6. Katherine Read | GBR | 2:17.15 | 21. | 7. Ellen Elzerman | NED | 2:17.34 | 22. | 8. Nataliya Shibayeva | URS | 2:20.54 | 33. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Nathalie Wunderlich | SUI | 2:16.07 | 16. | 2. Ana Barros | POR | 2:17.59 | 24. | 3. Małgorzata Galwas | POL | 2:17.73 | 26. | 4. Rita Jean Garay | PUR | 2:18.10 | 27. | 5. Claudia Stănescu | ROU | 2:18.39 | 29. | 6. Helena Straková | TCH | 2:18.44 | 30. | 7. Cristina Rey | ESP | 2:20.75 | 34. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Gillian Thomson | PHI | 2:16.44 | 19. | 2. Lee Chang-Ha | KOR | 2:18.33 | 28. | 3. Jill Brukman | RSA | 2:18.56 | 32. | 4. Michelle Smith | IRE | 2:21.37 | 35. | 5. Marta Włodkowska | POL | 2:22.86 | 38. | 6. Tanja Godina | SLO | 2:25.31 | 41. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mariya Kocheva | BUL | 2:21.79 | 36. | 2. Darija Alauf | YUG | 2:22.07 | 37. | 3. Storme Moodie | ZIM | 2:23.26 | 39. | 4. Sarah Murphy | ZIM | 2:24.58 | 40. | 5. Minpraphal Praphalsai | THA | 2:26.32 | 42. | 6. Ana Fortin | HON | 2:27.33 | 43. |
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