| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ada Kok | NED | 2:24.7 | 1. | | 2. Helga Lindner | GDR | 2:24.8 | 3. | | 3. Ellie Daniel | USA | 2:25.9 | 3. | | 4. Toni Hewitt | USA | 2:26.2 | 2. | | 5. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 2:27.9 | 5. | | 6. Diane Giebel | USA | 2:31.7 | 6. | | 7. Margaret Auton | GBR | 2:33.2 | 8. | | 8. Yasuko Fujii | JPN | 2:34.3 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Diane Giebel | USA | 2:33.0 | 6. | | 2. Yasuko Fujii | JPN | 2:33.4 | 7. | | 3. Margaret Auton | GBR | 2:33.6 | 8. | | 4. Sandra Whittleston | NZL | 2:39.7 | 11. | | 5. Carmen Gómez | COL | 2:44.7 | 19. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ellie Daniel | USA | 2:29.4 | 3. | | 2. Vivienne Smith | IRE | 2:39.7 | 11. | | 3. Jeanne Warren | CAN | 2:40.7 | 13. | | 4. Lyn McClements | AUS | 2:40.7 | 13. | | 5. Lotten Andersson | SWE | 2:42.1 | 16. | | 6. Lidia Ramírez | MEX | 2:42.1 | 16. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Toni Hewitt | USA | 2:29.1 | 2. | | 2. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 2:32.1 | 5. | | 3. Christine Strübing | GDR | 2:39.0 | 10. | | 4. Nam Sang-Nam | KOR | 2:58.6 | 21. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ada Kok | NED | 2:26.3 | 1. | | 2. Helga Lindner | GDR | 2:29.4 | 3. | | 3. Tatyana Devyatova | URS | 2:34.7 | 9. | | 4. Marilyn Corson | CAN | 2:41.8 | 15. | | 5. Pauline Gray | AUS | 2:43.6 | 18. | | 6. Kristina Moir | PUR | 2:51.1 | 20. |
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