| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Cathy Carr | USA | 1:13.58 | 1. 1. | | 2. Galina Prozum.-Stepanova | URS | 1:14.99 | 6. 2. | | 3. Beverley Whitfield | AUS | 1:15.73 | 9. 4. | | 4. Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | HUN | 1:16.26 | 2. 5. | | 5. Judy Melick | USA | 1:16.34 | 3. 3. | | 6. Vreni Eberle | FRG | 1:17.16 | 10.8. | | 7. Britt-Marie Smedh | SWE | 1:17.19 | 7. 7. | | 8. Dorothy Harrison | GBR | 1:17.49 | 4. 6. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Galina Prozum.-Stepanova | URS | 1:15.89 | 2. | | 2. Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | HUN | 1:16.34 | 5. | | 3. Dorothy Harrison | GBR | 1:16.53 | 6. | | 4. Vreni Eberle | FRG | 1:16.76 | 8. | | 5. Renate Vogel | GDR | 1:16.87 | 10. | | 6. Erika Rüegg | SUI | 1:17.50 | 11. | | 7. Christine Jarvis | GBR | 1:17.58 | 13. | | 8. Éva Kiss | HUN | 1:17.59 | 14. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Cathy Carr | USA | 1:15.00 | 1. | | 2. Judy Melick | USA | 1:16.22 | 3. | | 3. Beverley Whitfield | AUS | 1:16.26 | 4. | | 4. Britt-Marie Smedh | SWE | 1:16.67 | 7. | | 5. Lyudmila Porubayko | URS | 1:16.85 | 9. | | 6. Jeanette Pettersson | SWE | 1:17.54 | 12. | | 7. Tatyana Prudnikova | URS | 1:19.37 | 15. | | 8. Sylvia Langer | GDR | 1:20.03 | 16. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lyudmila Porubayko | URS | 1:17.14 | 5. | | 2. Renate Vogel | GDR | 1:17.33 | 8. | | 3. Beverley Whitfield | AUS | 1:17.59 | 9. | | 4. Tatyana Prudnikova | URS | 1:18.11 | 13. | | 5. Yoko Yamamoto | JPN | 1:18.94 | 24. | | 6. Ann O'Connor | IRE | 1:19.13 | 26. | | 7. Judith Hudson | AUS | 1:19.78 | 30. | | 8. Shlomit Nir | ISR | 1:20.90 | 34. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Judy Melick | USA | 1:16.75 | 3. | | 2. Vreni Eberle | FRG | 1:17.67 | 10. | | 3. Lynn Vidali | USA | 1:18.80 | 21. | | 4. Zuzana Marková | TCH | 1:18.88 | 23. | | 5. Jaroslava Slavíčková | TCH | 1:19.12 | 25. | | 6. Diana Harris | GBR | 1:19.19 | 27. | | 7. Winnie Nielsen | DEN | 1:23.00 | 37. | | 8. Leonor Urueta | MEX | 1:23.21 | 38. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dorothy Harrison | GBR | 1:16.99 | 4. | | 2. Christine Jarvis | GBR | 1:18.27 | 14. | | 3. Sylvia Langer | GDR | 1:18.29 | 15. | | 4. Brigitte Schuchardt | GDR | 1:18.62 | 17. | | 5. Dagmar Sierck-Rehak | FRG | 1:18.80 | 22. | | 6. Jane Wright | CAN | 1:20.56 | 31. | | 7. Cristina Teixeira | BRA | 1:20.58 | 32. | | 8. Ani Jane Mugrditchian | LEB | 1:29.71 | 40. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Galina Prozum.-Stepanova | URS | 1:17.18 | 6. | | 2. Jeanette Pettersson | SWE | 1:17.83 | 11. | | 3. Éva Kiss | HUN | 1:18.57 | 16. | | 4. Alie te Riet | NED | 1:18.79 | 20. | | 5. Tineke Hofland | NED | 1:19.38 | 28. | | 6. Patricia Siewert | FRG | 1:19.54 | 29. | | 7. Mairi Ioannidou | GRE | 1:21.70 | 36. | | 8. Lee Yue-Hwan | TPE | 1:25.47 | 39. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Cathy Carr | USA | 1:16.01 | 1. | | 2. Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | HUN | 1:16.52 | 2. | | 3. Britt-Marie Smedh | SWE | 1:17.21 | 7. | | 4. Erika Rüegg | SUI | 1:17.95 | 12. | | 5. Sylvia Dockerill | CAN | 1:18.64 | 18. | | 6. Marian Stuart | CAN | 1:18.69 | 19. | | 7. Mottoulle Béatrice | BEL | 1:20.79 | 33. | | 8. Ana Elena de la Portilla | MEX | 1:21.61 | 35. |
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