Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Lynn Vidali | USA | 2:24.92 | 1. | 2. Yoshimi Nishigawa | JPN | 2:26.61 | 7. | 3. Birutė Užkuraititė | URS | 2:31.11 | 21. | 4. Susan Richardson | GBR | 2:31.24 | 23. | 5. Judit Turóczy | HUN | 2:32.63 | 27. | 6. Trine Krogh | NOR | 2:36.27 | 37. | 7. Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | 2:37.69 | 39. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Shane Gould | AUS | 2:26.44 | 6. | 2. Kaczander-Kiss Ágnes | HUN | 2:28.05 | 11. | 3. Yukari Takemoto | JPN | 2:29.41 | 14. | 4. Susanne Niesner | SUI | 2:30.87 | 19. | 5. Karin Bormann | FRG | 2:31.19 | 22. | 6. Helmi Boxberger | FRG | 2:33.71 | 34. | 7. Roselina Angee | COL | 2:45.46 | 42. | 8. Ong Mei Lin | MAS | 2:48.13 | 43. |
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