| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Debbie Meyer | USA | 9:24.0 | 2. | | 2. Pam Kruse | USA | 9:35.7 | 5. | | 3. María Teresa Ramírez | MEX | 9:38.5 | 3. | | 4. Karen Moras | AUS | 9:38.6 | 1. | | 5. Patty Caretto | USA | 9:51.3 | 4. | | 6. Angela Coughlan | CAN | 9:56.4 | 7. | | 7. Denise Langford | AUS | 9:56.7 | 6. | | 8. Laura Vaca | MEX | 10:02.5 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Debbie Meyer | USA | 9:42.8 | 2. | | 2. Angela Coughlan | CAN | 10:00.2 | 7. | | 3. Sigrid Goral | GDR | 10:09.3 | 11. | | 4. Kristina Moir | PUR | 10:24.5 | 18. | | 5. Helen Elliott | PHI | 10:32.9 | 21. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Karen Moras | AUS | 9:38.3 | 1. | | 2. Denise Langford | AUS | 9:59.3 | 6. | | 3. Laura Vaca | MEX | 10:01.8 | 8. | | 4. Tui Shipston | NZL | 10:28.0 | 19. | | 5. Norma Amezcua | MEX | 10:31.6 | 20. | | 6. Emilia Figueroa | URU | 10:57.7 | 24. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Pam Kruse | USA | 9:49.8 | 5. | | 2. Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris | SWE | 10:07.5 | 10. | | 3. Susan Williams | GBR | 10:17.6 | 12. | | 4. Sabine Rantzsch | GDR | 10:18.4 | 13. | | 5. Lylian Castillo | URU | 11:19.1 | 26. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Christine Deakes | AUS | 10:06.7 | 9. | | 2. Marie-José Kersaudy | FRA | 10:19.8 | 14. | | 3. Novella Calligaris | ITA | 10:21.0 | 15. | | 4. Patricia Olano | COL | 10:44.1 | 23. | | 5. Silvana Asturias | GUA | 11:12.5 | 25. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. María Teresa Ramírez | MEX | 9:46.4 | 3. | | 2. Patty Caretto | USA | 9:46.4 | 4. | | 3. Dominique Mollier | FRA | 10:21.4 | 16. | | 4. Marjatta Hara | FIN | 10:23.3 | 17. | | 5. Olga de Angulo | COL | 10:40.5 | 22. |
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