| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi |  HUN | 1:00.68 | 1. | | 2. Tünde Szabó | HUN | 1:01.14 | 3. | | 3. Lea Loveless |  USA | 1:01.43 | 2. | | 4. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson |  AUS | 1:01.78 | 6. | | 5. Janie Wagstaff | USA | 1:01.81 | 5. | | 6. Joanne Meehan | AUS | 1:02.07 | 8. | | 7. Nina Zhivanevskaya |  URS | 1:02.36 | 4. | | 8. Yoko Koikawa |  JPN | 1:03.23 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Dagmar Hase |  GER | 1:02.93 | 14. | | 10.Marianne Kriel |  RSA | 1:03.12 | 12. | | 11.Anna Simcic |  NZL | 1:03.30 | 11. | | 12.Noriko Inada | JPN | 1:03.42 | 13. | | 13.He Cihong |  CHN | 1:03.50 | 16. | | 14.Nikki Dryden |  CAN | 1:03.53 | 15. | | 15.Silvia Poll |  CRC | 1:03.57 | 9. | | 16.Sandra Völker | GER | 1:04.52 | 10. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 1:00.85 | 1. | | 2. Lea Loveless | USA | 1:01.19 | 2. | | 3. Yoko Koikawa | JPN | 1:02.83 | 7. | | 4. Silvia Poll | CRC | 1:02.88 | 9. | | 5. Noriko Inada | JPN | 1:03.21 | 13. | | 6. Ellen Elzerman |  NED | 1:03.96 | 17. | | 7. Claudia Stănescu |  ROU | 1:04.44 | 20. | | 8. Katherine Read |  GBR | 1:04.97 | 24. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nina Zhivanevskaya | URS | 1:02.25 | 4. | | 2. Janie Wagstaff | USA | 1:02.29 | 5. | | 3. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 1:02.54 | 6. | | 4. Joanne Meehan | AUS | 1:02.84 | 8. | | 5. Anna Simcic | NZL | 1:03.12 | 11. | | 6. Marianne Kriel | RSA | 1:03.20 | 12. | | 7. Lorenza Vigarani |  ITA | 1:04.65 | 23. | | 8. Nataliya Shibayeva | URS | 1:05.08 | 26. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tünde Szabó | HUN | 1:02.14 | 3. | | 2. Sandra Völker | GER | 1:02.90 | 10. | | 3. Dagmar Hase | GER | 1:03.35 | 14. | | 4. Nikki Dryden | CAN | 1:03.71 | 15. | | 5. He Cihong | CHN | 1:03.83 | 16. | | 6. Joanne Deakins | GBR | 1:04.38 | 19. | | 7. Eva Gysling |  SUI | 1:04.50 | 21. | | 8. Julie Howard | CAN | 1:05.26 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gillian Thomson |  PHI | 1:04.32 | 18. | | 2. Lara Bianconi | ITA | 1:05.02 | 25. | | 3. Nuria Castelló |  ESP | 1:05.09 | 27. | | 4. Helena Straková |  TCH | 1:05.38 | 30. | | 5. Martina Moravcová | TCH | 1:05.73 | 31. | | 6. Rita Jean Garay |  PUR | 1:05.92 | 34. | | 7. Ana Barros |  POR | 1:06.11 | 36. | | 8. Mariya Kocheva |  BUL | 1:06.17 | 37. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jill Brukman | RSA | 1:04.57 | 22. | | 2. Małgorzata Galwas |  POL | 1:05.36 | 29. | | 3. Bonnet Céline |  FRA | 1:05.75 | 32. | | 3. Nathalie Wunderlich | SUI | 1:05.75 | 32. | | 5. Lee Chang-Ha |  KOR | 1:06.08 | 35. | | 6. Diane Lacombe | FRA | 1:06.31 | 38. | | 7. Tanja Godina |  SLO | 1:06.97 | 41. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anne Lackman |  FIN | 1:06.48 | 39. | | 2. Darija Alauf |  YUG | 1:06.81 | 40. | | 3. Sarah Murphy |  ZIM | 1:07.47 | 42. | | 4. Storme Moodie | ZIM | 1:07.60 | 43. | | 5. Ana Fortin |  HON | 1:08.24 | 44. | | 6. Rania El-Wani |  EGY | 1:10.12 | 45. |
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