| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Petra van Staveren | NED | 1:09.88 | 2. | | 2. Anne Ottenbrite | CAN | 1:10.69 | 6. | | 3. Catherine Poirot | FRA | 1:10.70 | 1. | | 4. Tracy Caulkins | USA | 1:10.88 | 8. | | 5. Eva-Marie Håkansson | SWE | 1:11.14 | 4. | | 6. Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 1:11.33 | 7. | | 7. Susan Rapp | USA | 1:11.45 | 5. | | 8. Jean Hill | GBR | 1:11.82 | 3. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Ute Hasse | FRG | 1:11.44 | 10. | | 10.Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 1:11.45 | 9. | | 11.Dimity Douglas | AUS | 1:12.00 | 10. | | 12.Angelika Knipping | FRG | 1:12.03 | 13. | | 13.Lisa Borsholt | CAN | 1:12.41 | 12. | | 14.Carlotta Tagnin | ITA | 1:12.77 | 16. | | 15.Patricia Brülhart | SUI | 1:12.89 | 14. | | 16.Annelie Holmström | SWE | 1:13.27 | 15. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Eva-Marie Håkansson | SWE | 1:11.41 | 4. | | 2. Susan Rapp | USA | 1:11.63 | 5. | | 3. Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 1:11.82 | 7. | | 4. Annelie Holmström | SWE | 1:12.60 | 15. | | 5. Liang Weifen | CHN | 1:14.38 | 20. | | 6. Kaori Iwasaki | JPN | 1:14.68 | 22. | | 7. Sara Guido | MEX | 1:14.69 | 23. | | 8. Helen Chow | MAS | 1:18.99 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Petra van Staveren | NED | 1:11.18 | 2. | | 2. Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 1:12.08 | 9. | | 3. Angelika Knipping | FRG | 1:12.41 | 13. | | 4. Sharon Kellett | AUS | 1:13.43 | 18. | | 5. Alicia María Boscatto | ARG | 1:14.45 | 21. | | 6. Guðrún Ágústsdóttir | ISL | 1:16.70 | 25. | | 7. Isabel Lardizajal | HON | 1:25.12 | 29. | | -. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | | |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Catherine Poirot | FRA | 1:10.69 | 1. | | 2. Jean Hill | GBR | 1:11.37 | 3. | | 3. Anne Ottenbrite | CAN | 1:11.81 | 6. | | 4. Dimity Douglas | AUS | 1:12.17 | 10. | | 5. Patricia Brülhart | SUI | 1:12.44 | 14. | | 6. Carlotta Tagnin | ITA | 1:12.70 | 16. | | 7. Rosa María Silva | URU | 1:17.11 | 26. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tracy Caulkins | USA | 1:11.99 | 8. | | 2. Ute Hasse | FRG | 1:12.17 | 10. | | 3. Lisa Borsholt | CAN | 1:12.24 | 12. | | 4. Sandra Bowman | GBR | 1:12.92 | 17. | | 5. Petra Hillenius | NED | 1:14.09 | 19. | | 6. Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen | FIN | 1:14.85 | 24. | | 7. Chow Lai Yee | HKG | 1:17.92 | 27. |
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