| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yelena Rudkovskaya |  URS | 1:08.00 | 1. | | 2. Anita Nall |  USA | 1:08.17 | 2. | | 3. Sam Riley |  AUS | 1:09.25 | 3. | | 4. Guylaine Cloutier |  CAN | 1:09.71 | 5. | | 5. Jana Dörries |  GER | 1:09.77 | 6. | | 6. Gabriella Csépe |  HUN | 1:10.19 | 8. | | 7. Manuela Dalla Valle |  ITA | 1:10.39 | 4. | | 8. Daniela Brendel | GER | 1:11.05 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Lou Xia |  CHN | 1:10.07 | 10. | | 10.Magdalena Kupiec |  POL | 1:10.32 | 11. | | 11.Alicja Pęczak | POL | 1:10.73 | 9. | | 12.Megan Kleine | USA | 1:11.07 | 14. | | 13.Kyoko Iwasaki |  JPN | 1:11.16 | 13. | | 14.Lisa Flood | CAN | 1:11.17 | 12. | | 15.Linley Frame | AUS | 1:11.36 | 16. | | 16.Lu Di | CHN | 1:12.07 | 15. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anita Nall | USA | 1:09.32 | 2. | | 2. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:09.78 | 4. | | 3. Jana Dörries | GER | 1:10.00 | 6. | | 4. Lou Xia | CHN | 1:10.74 | 10. | | 5. Kyoko Iwasaki | JPN | 1:11.00 | 13. | | 6. Linley Frame | AUS | 1:11.58 | 16. | | 7. Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir |  ISL | 1:12.14 | 19. | | 8. Susannah Brownsdon |  GBR | 1:13.24 | 23. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yelena Rudkovskaya | URS | 1:08.75 | 1. | | 2. Sam Riley | AUS | 1:09.38 | 3. | | 3. Lisa Flood | CAN | 1:10.95 | 12. | | 4. Megan Kleine | USA | 1:11.04 | 14. | | 5. Lu Di | CHN | 1:11.58 | 15. | | 6. Kyoko Kasuya | JPN | 1:11.60 | 17. | | 7. Park Mi-Yeong |  KOR | 1:13.49 | 26. | | 8. Britta Vestergaard |  DEN | 1:13.58 | 27. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Guylaine Cloutier | CAN | 1:09.89 | 5. | | 2. Daniela Brendel | GER | 1:10.49 | 7. | | 3. Gabriella Csépe | HUN | 1:10.58 | 8. | | 4. Alicja Pęczak | POL | 1:10.60 | 9. | | 5. Magdalena Kupiec | POL | 1:10.90 | 11. | | 6. Yelena Volkova | URS | 1:12.46 | 20. | | 7. Brigitte Becue |  BEL | 1:12.82 | 21. | | 8. Jaime King | GBR | 1:13.32 | 24. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kira Bulten |  NED | 1:11.81 | 18. | | 2. Rocío Ruiz |  ESP | 1:13.11 | 22. | | 3. Lenka Maňhalová |  TCH | 1:13.96 | 29. | | 4. Audrey Guérit |  FRA | 1:13.98 | 30. | | 5. Elena Donati | ITA | 1:14.70 | 32. | | 6. Martine Janssen | NED | 1:15.10 | 34. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Martina Nemec |  AUT | 1:13.34 | 25. | | 2. Jenny Smatt |  BER | 1:13.94 | 28. | | 3. Phuvichit Sornsawan |  THA | 1:14.69 | 31. | | 4. Penny Heyns |  RSA | 1:14.99 | 33. | | 5. Riikka Ukkola |  FIN | 1:15.56 | 35. | | 6. Barbara Pexa |  GUM | 1:17.71 | 37. | | 7. Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana |  MAD | 1:17.77 | 38. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tammie Kaae | GUM | 1:16.78 | 36. | | 2. Claudia Velásquez |  PER | 1:17.80 | 39. | | 3. Priscilla Madera |  ECU | 1:20.76 | 40. | | 4. Cruz Nádia |  ANG | 1:21.50 | 41. | | 5. Elke Talma |  SEY | 1:29.91 | 42. | | -. Nguyễn Thị Phương |  VIE | | |
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