Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Lynn Colella | USA | 2:18.80 | 4. | 2. Noriko Asano | JPN | 2:20.09 | 6. | 3. Gail Neall | AUS | 2:23.21 | 8. | 4. Frieke Buys | NED | 2:24.20 | 9. | 5. Olga de Angulo | COL | 2:34.69 | 22. | 6. Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | 2:44.88 | 24. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Karen Moe-Thornton | USA | 2:18.15 | 2. | 2. Helga Lindner | GDR | 2:20.00 | 5. | 3. Brigitte Mertz | GDR | 2:24.92 | 10. | 4. Sue Funch | AUS | 2:26.69 | 11. | 5. Eva Sigg | FIN | 2:27.64 | 13. | 6. Ileana Morales | VEN | 2:28.41 | 14. | 7. Maria Isabel Guerra | BRA | 2:32.60 | 21. |
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