| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tiffany Cohen | USA | 8:24.95 | 5. | | 2. Michele Richardson | USA | 8:30.73 | 1. | | 3. Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 8:32.60 | 3. | | 4. Anna McVann | AUS | 8:37.94 | 2. | | 5. Carla Lasi | ITA | 8:42.45 | 4. | | 6. Jolande van der Meer | NED | 8:42.86 | 8. | | 7. Monica Olmi | ITA | 8:47.32 | 7. | | 8. Karen Ward | CAN | 8:48.12 | 6. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tiffany Cohen | USA | 8:41.86 | 5. | | 2. Karen Ward | CAN | 8:45.37 | 6. | | 3. Jolande van der Meer | NED | 8:46.58 | 8. | | 4. Ann Linder | SWE | 8:50.80 | 9. | | 5. Irma Huerta | MEX | 8:56.18 | 12. | | 6. Susie Baumer | AUS | 8:56.40 | 13. | | 7. Wen San | TPE | 9:09.73 | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michele Richardson | USA | 8:32.64 | 1. | | 2. Anna McVann | AUS | 8:35.19 | 2. | | 3. Monica Olmi | ITA | 8:45.83 | 7. | | 4. Donna McGinnis | CAN | 8:51.71 | 10. | | 5. Laurence Bensimon | FRA | 9:01.75 | 15. | | 6. Junko Sakurai | JPN | 9:13.27 | 18. | | 7. Karen Slowing-Aceituno | GUA | 9:20.68 | 19. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 8:35.87 | 3. | | 2. Carla Lasi | ITA | 8:41.84 | 4. | | 3. Birgit Kowalczik | FRG | 8:53.34 | 11. | | 4. Annabelle Cripps | GBR | 8:58.09 | 14. | | 5. Nadia Krüger | SUI | 9:07.95 | 16. | | 6. Chang Hui-Chien | TPE | 9:34.93 | 20. |
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