| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mary Wayte | USA | 1:59.23 | 1. | | 2. Cynthia Woodhead | USA | 1:59.50 | 2. | | 3. Annemarie Verstappen | NED | 1:59.69 | 6. | | 4. Michelle Pearson | AUS | 1:59.79 | 4. | | 5. Conny van Bentum | NED | 2:00.59 | 5. | | 6. June Croft | GBR | 2:00.64 | 3. | | 7. Ina Beyermann | FRG | 2:01.89 | 7. | | 8. Anna McVann | AUS | 2:02.87 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Silvia Persi | ITA | 2:03.17 | 12. | | 2. Iris Zscherpe | FRG | 2:03.42 | 11. | | 3. Julie Daigneault | CAN | 2:03.67 | 9. | | 4. Ann Linder | SWE | 2:03.85 | 16. | | 5. Chikako Nakamori | JPN | 2:04.11 | 10. | | 6. Jane Kerr | CAN | 2:04.19 | 13. | | 7. Annabelle Cripps | GBR | 2:04.90 | 15. | | 8. Kaori Yanase | JPN | 2:05.24 | 14. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. June Croft | GBR | 2:01.05 | 3. | | 2. Ina Beyermann | FRG | 2:02.42 | 7. | | 3. Julie Daigneault | CAN | 2:03.40 | 9. | | 4. Patricia Kohlmann | MEX | 2:08.15 | 21. | | 5. Sandra Crousse | PER | 2:09.42 | 22. | | 6. Chang Hui-Chien | TPE | 2:13.67 | 28. | | 7. Sharon Pickering | FIJ | 2:19.31 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Cynthia Woodhead | USA | 2:00.85 | 2. | | 2. Chikako Nakamori | JPN | 2:03.94 | 10. | | 3. Jane Kerr | CAN | 2:04.02 | 13. | | 4. Kaori Yanase | JPN | 2:04.38 | 14. | | 5. Irma Huerta | MEX | 2:09.79 | 24. | | 6. Christine Jacob | PHI | 2:12.17 | 25. | | 7. Blanca Morales | GUA | 2:14.79 | 32. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mary Wayte | USA | 2:00.69 | 1. | | 2. Michelle Pearson | AUS | 2:01.49 | 4. | | 3. Anna McVann | AUS | 2:03.14 | 8. | | 4. Iris Zscherpe | FRG | 2:03.95 | 11. | | 5. Hadar Rubinstein | ISR | 2:12.32 | 26. | | 6. Virginia Sachero | ARG | 2:13.41 | 27. | | 7. Sherwite Hafez | EGY | 2:16.11 | 33. | | 8. María Lardizajal | HON | 2:28.25 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Conny van Bentum | NED | 2:01.52 | 5. | | 2. Silvia Persi | ITA | 2:03.98 | 12. | | 3. Annabelle Cripps | GBR | 2:04.44 | 15. | | 4. Carla Lasi | ITA | 2:05.86 | 17. | | 5. Wen San | TPE | 2:06.01 | 18. | | 6. Carol Ann Heavey | IRE | 2:07.75 | 20. | | 7. Karen Slowing-Aceituno | GUA | 2:14.39 | 31. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Annemarie Verstappen | NED | 2:01.61 | 6. | | 2. Ann Linder | SWE | 2:04.60 | 16. | | 3. Laurence Bensimon | FRA | 2:06.61 | 19. | | 4. Sofia Dara | GRE | 2:09.52 | 23. | | 5. Kim Jin-Suk | KOR | 2:13.76 | 29. | | 6. Fenella Ng | HKG | 2:13.94 | 30. | | 7. Daniela Galassi | SMR | 2:19.22 | 34. |
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