| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lyn McClements | AUS | 1:05.5 | 1. 2. | | 2. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:05.8 | 3. 1. | | 3. Susan Shields | USA | 1:06.2 | 2. 4. | | 4. Ada Kok | NED | 1:06.2 | 9. 3. | | 5. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:06.8 | 4. 5. | | 6. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:06.9 | 6. 6. | | 7. Toni Hewitt | USA | 1:07.5 | 8. 8. | | 8. Helga Lindner | GDR | 1:07.6 | 7. 7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ada Kok | NED | 1:06.2 | 3. | | 2. Susan Shields | USA | 1:06.3 | 4. | | 3. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:06.6 | 5. | | 4. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:07.0 | 6. | | 5. Toni Hewitt | USA | 1:07.9 | 8. | | 6. Christine Strübing | GDR | 1:08.2 | 9. | | 7. Jeanne Warren | CAN | 1:09.7 | 15. | | 8. Gillian Treers | GBR | 1:10.6 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:06.1 | 1. | | 2. Lyn McClements | AUS | 1:06.1 | 1. | | 3. Helga Lindner | GDR | 1:07.7 | 7. | | 4. Tatyana Devyatova | URS | 1:08.4 | 10. | | 5. Nel Bos | NED | 1:08.5 | 11. | | 6. Sandra Whittleston | NZL | 1:08.7 | 12. | | 7. Margaret Auton | GBR | 1:08.8 | 13. | | 8. Yasuko Fujii | JPN | 1:09.4 | 14. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:07.7 | 6. | | 2. Ada Kok | NED | 1:08.5 | 9. | | 3. Jeanne Warren | CAN | 1:10.0 | 14. | | 4. Yasuko Fujii | JPN | 1:10.1 | 15. | | 5. Patricia Obregón | MEX | 1:12.4 | 20. | | 6. Nam Sang-Nam | KOR | 1:16.9 | 27. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:07.2 | 3. | | 2. Tatyana Devyatova | URS | 1:07.6 | 5. | | 3. Christine Strübing | GDR | 1:09.2 | 12. | | 4. Nel Bos | NED | 1:09.5 | 13. | | 5. Oei Liana | TWN | 1:11.2 | 18. | | 6. Vivienne Smith | IRE | 1:13.1 | 21. | | 7. Catherine Grosjean | FRA | 1:14.6 | 23. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lyn McClements | AUS | 1:06.1 | 1. | | 2. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:07.4 | 4. | | 3. Yvonne Tobis | ISR | 1:12.0 | 19. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Helga Lindner | GDR | 1:08.0 | 7. | | 2. Toni Hewitt | USA | 1:08.1 | 8. | | 3. Margaret Auton | GBR | 1:08.5 | 9. | | 4. Carmen Gómez | COL | 1:14.7 | 24. | | 5. Ruth Apt | URU | 1:15.3 | 25. | | 6. Ana Marcial | PUR | 1:17.1 | 28. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Susan Shields | USA | 1:06.2 | 2. | | 2. Sandra Whittleston | NZL | 1:08.5 | 11. | | 3. Gillian Treers | GBR | 1:10.6 | 16. | | 4. Marilyn Corson | CAN | 1:10.7 | 17. | | 5. Pauline Gray | AUS | 1:13.5 | 22. | | 6. Adriana Comolli | ARG | 1:16.5 | 26. |
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