| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Debbie Meyer | USA | 2:10.5 | 1. | | 2. Jan Henne | USA | 2:11.0 | 3. | | 3. Jane Barkman | USA | 2:11.2 | 2. | | 4. Gabriele Wetzko | GDR | 2:12.3 | 4. | | 5. Mirjana Šegrt | YUG | 2:13.3 | 5. | | 6. Claude Mandonnaud | FRA | 2:14.9 | 7. | | 7. Lyn Bell | AUS | 2:15.1 | 5. | | 8. Olga Kozičová | TCH | 2:16.0 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Debbie Meyer | USA | 2:13.1 | 1. | | 2. Olga Kozičová | TCH | 2:16.1 | 8. | | 3. Susan Williams | GBR | 2:20.4 | 17. | | 4. Heidi Reineck | FRG | 2:21.4 | 20. | | 5. Danièle Dorléans | FRA | 2:21.7 | 21. | | 6. Kirsten Strange-Campbell | DEN | 2:30.5 | 35. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lyn Bell | AUS | 2:15.7 | 5. | | 2. Claude Mandonnaud | FRA | 2:15.8 | 7. | | 3. Jenny Steinbeck | AUS | 2:18.8 | 13. | | 4. Helen Elliott | PHI | 2:25.4 | 28. | | 5. Novella Calligaris | ITA | 2:26.3 | 30. | | 6. Marcia Arriaga | MEX | 2:27.0 | 31. | | 7. Shen Bao-Ni | TWN | 2:34.0 | 37. | | 8. Lorna Blake | PUR | 2:43.8 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jan Henne | USA | 2:13.8 | 3. | | 2. Marion Lay | CAN | 2:16.7 | 10. | | 3. María Teresa Ramírez | MEX | 2:17.5 | 11. | | 4. Alexandra Jackson | GBR | 2:19.2 | 14. | | 5. Kristina Moir | PUR | 2:23.1 | 23. | | 6. Donatella Ferracuti | ESA | 2:28.2 | 33. | | 7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir | ISL | 2:28.5 | 34. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gabriele Wetzko | GDR | 2:14.7 | 4. | | 2. Angela Coughlan | CAN | 2:20.9 | 19. | | 3. Maria Strumolo | ITA | 2:23.3 | 24. | | 4. Aloisia Bauer | FRG | 2:24.5 | 26. | | 5. Emilia Figueroa | URU | 2:27.4 | 32. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jane Barkman | USA | 2:13.6 | 2. | | 2. Marie-José Kersaudy | FRA | 2:18.0 | 12. | | 3. Elisabeth Berglund | SWE | 2:19.7 | 15. | | 4. Tamara Sosnova | URS | 2:23.5 | 25. | | 5. Patricia Olano | COL | 2:25.1 | 27. | | 6. Silvana Asturias | GUA | 2:30.7 | 36. | | 7. Lylian Castillo | URU | 2:34.1 | 38. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mirjana Šegrt | YUG | 2:15.7 | 5. | | 2. Oei Liana | TWN | 2:16.3 | 9. | | 3. Julie McDonald | AUS | 2:19.9 | 16. | | 4. Consuelo Changanaqui | PER | 2:20.7 | 18. | | 5. Rosario de Vivanco | PER | 2:22.2 | 22. | | 6. Sally Davison | GBR | 2:26.1 | 29. |
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