| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lillian Watson | USA | 2:24.8 | 1. | | 2. Elaine Tanner | CAN | 2:27.4 | 2. | | 3. Kaye Hall | USA | 2:28.9 | 3. | | 4. Lynne Watson | AUS | 2:29.5 | 5. | | 5. Wendy Burrell | GBR | 2:32.3 | 4. | | 6. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 2:33.5 | 6. | | 7. María Corominas | ESP | 2:33.9 | 7. | | 8. Duprez Bénédicte | FRA | 2:36.6 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kaye Hall | USA | 2:31.1 | 3. | | 2. Cobie Sikkens | NED | 2:36.9 | 15. | | 3. Jeanne Warren | CAN | 2:37.9 | 17. | | 4. Anne Walton | CAN | 2:39.4 | 20. | | 5. Jacqueline Brown | GBR | 2:40.0 | 21. | | 6. Tina Lek'veishvili | URS | 2:40.5 | 23. | | 7. Francine Dauven | BEL | 2:43.5 | 26. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. María Corominas | ESP | 2:34.5 | 7. | | 2. Tatyana Savelyeva | URS | 2:35.5 | 12. | | 3. Ulla Patrikka | FIN | 2:38.1 | 18. | | 4. Kiki Caron | FRA | 2:40.5 | 24. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lynne Watson | AUS | 2:33.5 | 5. | | 2. Susie Atwood | USA | 2:35.2 | 10. | | 3. Bep Weeteling | NED | 2:35.4 | 11. | | 4. Anca Andreiu | ROU | 2:38.8 | 19. | | 5. María Procopio | ARG | 2:49.2 | 27. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Elaine Tanner | CAN | 2:30.9 | 2. | | 2. Wendy Burrell | GBR | 2:33.2 | 4. | | 3. Doris Kohardt | GDR | 2:34.7 | 9. | | 4. Angelika Kraus | FRG | 2:36.7 | 14. | | 5. Glenda Stirling | NZL | 2:40.3 | 22. | | 6. Carmen Ferracuti | ESA | 2:52.6 | 29. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lillian Watson | USA | 2:29.2 | 1. | | 2. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 2:33.7 | 6. | | 3. Duprez Bénédicte | FRA | 2:34.5 | 7. | | 4. Sylvie Canet | FRA | 2:36.1 | 13. | | 5. Yvette Hafner | AUT | 2:37.7 | 16. | | 6. Patricia Sentous | ARG | 2:41.5 | 24. | | 7. Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | 2:51.4 | 28. | | 8. Rosa Hasbún | ESA | 2:56.2 | 30. |
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