| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melissa Belote | USA | 1:05.78 | 2. 1. | | 2. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:06.26 | 1. 4. | | 3. Susie Atwood | USA | 1:06.34 | 12.2. | | 4. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 1:06.69 | 6. 3. | | 5. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:06.70 | 4. 6. | | 6. Enith Brigitha | NED | 1:06.82 | 3. 5. | | 7. Christine Herbst | GDR | 1:07.27 | 9. 8. | | 8. Silke Pielen | FRG | 1:07.36 | 7. 7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melissa Belote | USA | 1:06.08 | 1. | | 2. Susie Atwood | USA | 1:06.26 | 2. | | 3. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 1:06.27 | 3. | | 4. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:06.89 | 6. | | 5. Tina Lekveishvili | URS | 1:07.61 | 10. | | 6. Sue Lewis | AUS | 1:07.81 | 11. | | 7. Debra Cain | AUS | 1:08.51 | 14. | | 8. Marianne Vermaat | NED | 1:09.11 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:06.39 | 4. | | 2. Enith Brigitha | NED | 1:06.49 | 5. | | 3. Silke Pielen | FRG | 1:06.98 | 7. | | 4. Christine Herbst | GDR | 1:07.34 | 8. | | 5. Donna-Marie Gurr | CAN | 1:07.37 | 9. | | 6. Annegret Kober | FRG | 1:08.01 | 12. | | 7. Deborah Palmer | AUS | 1:08.29 | 13. | | 8. Angelika Kraus | FRG | 1:09.10 | 15. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melissa Belote | USA | 1:06.60 | 2. | | 2. Tina Lekveishvili | URS | 1:07.84 | 8. | | 3. Marianne Vermaat | NED | 1:09.14 | 16. | | 4. Susanne Niesner | SUI | 1:09.16 | 17. | | 5. Kazu Fujimura | JPN | 1:09.81 | 24. | | 6. Diana Ashton | GBR | 1:10.90 | 30. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 1:07.00 | 4. | | 2. Sue Lewis | AUS | 1:08.06 | 10. | | 3. Deborah Palmer | AUS | 1:08.68 | 13. | | 4. Annemarie Groen | NED | 1:09.55 | 21. | | 5. Susan Hunter | NZL | 1:10.06 | 26. | | 6. Kikuyo Ishii | JPN | 1:10.44 | 28. | | 7. Ildikó Szekeres | HUN | 1:11.20 | 31. | | 8. Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | 1:13.99 | 35. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Christine Herbst | GDR | 1:07.96 | 9. | | 2. Susie Atwood | USA | 1:08.30 | 12. | | 3. Debra Cain | AUS | 1:08.81 | 14. | | 4. Sylvie Le Noach | FRA | 1:09.25 | 18. | | 5. Nataliya Yershova | URS | 1:09.26 | 20. | | 6. Diana Olsson | SWE | 1:09.86 | 25. | | 7. Christine Fulcher | IRE | 1:10.63 | 29. | | 8. Diana Sutherland | GBR | 1:12.12 | 32. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:06.56 | 1. | | 2. Enith Brigitha | NED | 1:06.71 | 3. | | 3. Annegret Kober | FRG | 1:08.24 | 11. | | 4. Angelika Kraus | FRG | 1:08.92 | 15. | | 5. Susanne Hilger | GDR | 1:09.25 | 18. | | 6. Jacqueline Brown | GBR | 1:10.43 | 27. | | 7. Ong Mei Lin | MAS | 1:19.39 | 37. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Donna-Marie Gurr | CAN | 1:07.45 | 5. | | 2. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 1:07.69 | 6. | | 3. Silke Pielen | FRG | 1:07.70 | 7. | | 4. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 1:09.72 | 22. | | 5. Cathy Raftery | CAN | 1:09.72 | 23. | | 6. Patricia López | ARG | 1:12.13 | 33. | | 7. María Cecilia Vargas | MEX | 1:12.91 | 34. | | 8. Pat Chan | SIN | 1:14.24 | 36. |
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