| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jan Henne | USA | 1:00.0 | 1. 1. | | 2. Sue Pedersen | USA | 1:00.3 | 5. 3. | | 3. Linda Gustavson | USA | 1:00.3 | 4. 4. | | 4. Marion Lay | CAN | 1:00.5 | 3. 2. | | 5. Martina Grunert | GDR | 1:01.0 | 12.8. | | 6. Alexandra Jackson | GBR | 1:01.0 | 2. 4. | | 7. Mirjana Šegrt | YUG | 1:01.5 | 14.6. | | 8. Judit Turóczy | HUN | 1:01.6 | 7. 7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marion Lay | CAN | 1:00.7 | 2. | | 2. Mirjana Šegrt | YUG | 1:01.9 | 6. | | 3. Martina Grunert | GDR | 1:02.2 | 8. | | 4. Lyn Bell | AUS | 1:02.4 | 9. | | 5. Jenny Steinbeck | AUS | 1:02.6 | 11. | | 6. Oei Liana | TWN | 1:02.8 | 18. | | 7. Lynne Watson | AUS | 1:02.9 | 21. | | 8. Magdolna Patóh | HUN | 1:03.8 | 22. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sue Pedersen | USA | 1:00.2 | 3. | | 2. Alexandra Jackson | GBR | 1:00.6 | 4. | | 3. Roswitha Krause | GDR | 1:02.4 | 9. | | 4. Uta Schmuck | GDR | 1:02.8 | 13. | | 5. Shigeko Kawanishi | JPN | 1:03.0 | 15. | | 6. Lidiya Hrebets | URS | 1:03.3 | 17. | | 7. Edit Kovács | HUN | 1:03.5 | 19. | | 8. Nataliya Ustinova | URS | 1:05.0 | 23. |
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| Semi 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jan Henne | USA | 1:00.5 | 1. | | 2. Linda Gustavson | USA | 1:00.6 | 4. | | 3. Judit Turóczy | HUN | 1:01.8 | 7. | | 4. Olga Kozičová | TCH | 1:02.6 | 11. | | 5. Nel Bos | NED | 1:02.8 | 13. | | 6. Claude Mandonnaud | FRA | 1:02.7 | 16. | | 7. Elisabeth Berglund | SWE | 1:03.5 | 19. | | 8. Simone Hanner | FRA | 1:04.8 | 24. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Claude Mandonnaud | FRA | 1:03.2 | 12. | | 2. Elisabeth Berglund | SWE | 1:03.6 | 19. | | 3. Jenny Steinbeck | AUS | 1:03.8 | 20. | | 4. Simone Hanner | FRA | 1:03.8 | 20. | | 5. Helen Elliott | PHI | 1:05.1 | 32. | | 6. Patricia Olano | COL | 1:05.3 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alexandra Jackson | GBR | 1:00.5 | 2. | | 2. Nataliya Ustinova | URS | 1:03.8 | 20. | | 3. Miwako Kobayashi | JPN | 1:04.2 | 26. | | 4. Mariya Nikolova | BUL | 1:05.1 | 32. | | 5. Shen Bao-Ni | TWN | 1:06.7 | 46. | | 6. Ruth Apt | URU | 1:07.0 | 48. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nel Bos | NED | 1:03.0 | 9. | | 2. Mirjana Šegrt | YUG | 1:03.3 | 14. | | 3. Edit Kovács | HUN | 1:03.7 | 20. | | 4. Catherine Grosjean | FRA | 1:04.9 | 31. | | 5. Fiona Kellock | GBR | 1:05.8 | 38. | | 6. Gillian Treers | GBR | 1:06.3 | 44. | | 7. Silvana Asturias | GUA | 1:10.3 | 56. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Judit Turóczy | HUN | 1:02.1 | 7. | | 2. Shigeko Kawanishi | JPN | 1:02.6 | 8. | | 3. Uta Schmuck | GDR | 1:03.1 | 11. | | 4. Lotten Andersson | SWE | 1:04.5 | 29. | | 5. Rosario de Vivanco | PER | 1:04.7 | 30. | | 6. Ingeborg Renner | FRG | 1:05.9 | 40. | | 7. Hedy García | PHI | 1:06.1 | 41. | | 8. Lorna Blake | PUR | 1:13.2 | 57. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Linda Gustavson | USA | 1:00.8 | 4. | | 2. Martina Grunert | GDR | 1:03.2 | 12. | | 3. Maria Strumolo | ITA | 1:04.1 | 25. | | 4. Helmi Boxberger | FRG | 1:05.1 | 32. | | 5. Vera Kock | SWE | 1:05.1 | 32. | | 6. Vivian Ortíz | MEX | 1:06.9 | 47. | | 7. Emilia Figueroa | URU | 1:07.2 | 49. | | 8. Ana Marcial | PUR | 1:10.1 | 55. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sue Pedersen | USA | 1:01.5 | 5. | | 2. Roswitha Krause | GDR | 1:03.3 | 14. | | 3. Lynne Watson | AUS | 1:03.5 | 18. | | 4. Magdolna Patóh | HUN | 1:03.8 | 20. | | 5. Ana Boban | YUG | 1:05.4 | 37. | | 6. Toos Beumer | NED | 1:06.1 | 41. | | 7. Lylian Castillo | URU | 1:08.3 | 51. | | 8. Rosa Hasbún | ESA | 1:10.0 | 54. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marion Lay | CAN | 1:00.6 | 3. | | 2. Lidiya Hrebets | URS | 1:03.3 | 14. | | 3. Olga Kozičová | TCH | 1:03.3 | 14. | | 4. Zoya Dus | URS | 1:04.2 | 26. | | 5. Carmen Ferracuti | ESA | 1:08.5 | 52. | | 6. Nguyễn Minh Tam | SVI | 1:09.5 | 53. |
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jan Henne | USA | 1:00.1 | 1. | | 2. Lyn Bell | AUS | 1:01.9 | 6. | | 3. Oei Liana | TWN | 1:03.0 | 9. | | 4. Heidi Reineck | FRG | 1:04.2 | 26. | | 5. Marcia Arriaga | MEX | 1:05.4 | 38. | | 6. Mirjam van Hemert | NED | 1:06.1 | 41. | | 7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir | ISL | 1:06.3 | 44. | | 8. Kristina Moir | PUR | 1:07.9 | 50. |
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