| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Beth Botsford | USA | 1:01.19 | 2. | | 2. Whitney Hedgepeth | USA | 1:01.47 | 1. | | 3. Marianne Kriel | RSA | 1:02.12 | 3. | | 4. Mai Nakamura | JPN | 1:02.33 | 4. | | 5. Chen Yan | CHN | 1:02.50 | 6. | | 6. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:02.52 | 7. | | 7. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 1:02.70 | 5. | | 8. Miki Nakao | JPN | 1:02.78 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Nina Zhivanevskaya | RUS | 1:02.38 | 9. | | 10.Anke Scholz | GER | 1:02.85 | 10. | | 11.Lydia Lipscombe | NZL | 1:03.30 | 13. | | 12.Olga Kochetkova | RUS | 1:03.52 | 12. | | 13.Helen Slatter | GBR | 1:03.61 | 17. | | 14.Elli Overton | AUS | 1:03.69 | 16. | | 15.Julie Howard | CAN | 1:04.01 | 15. | | 16.Therese Alshammar | SWE | 1:04.15 | 14. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Whitney Hedgepeth | USA | 1:01.70 | 1. | | 2. Beth Botsford | USA | 1:02.00 | 2. | | 3. Anke Scholz | GER | 1:03.05 | 10. | | 4. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 1:03.14 | 11. | | 5. Julie Howard | CAN | 1:03.84 | 15. | | 6. Elli Overton | AUS | 1:03.88 | 16. | | 7. Helen Slatter | GBR | 1:03.89 | 17. | | 8. Maria Santos | POR | 1:04.84 | 22. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marianne Kriel | RSA | 1:02.33 | 3. | | 2. Mai Nakamura | JPN | 1:02.35 | 4. | | 3. Miki Nakao | JPN | 1:02.90 | 8. | | 4. Olga Kochetkova | RUS | 1:03.17 | 12. | | 5. Lydia Lipscombe | NZL | 1:03.61 | 13. | | 6. Therese Alshammar | SWE | 1:03.79 | 14. | | 7. Anu Koivisto | FIN | 1:05.25 | 23. | | 8. Dagmara Komorowicz | POL | 1:06.70 | 31. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 1:02.50 | 5. | | 2. Chen Yan | CHN | 1:02.62 | 6. | | 3. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:02.68 | 7. | | 4. Nina Zhivanevskaya | RUS | 1:02.94 | 9. | | 5. Ricardo Hélène | FRA | 1:04.03 | 19. | | 6. Eva Piñera | ESP | 1:04.41 | 20. | | 7. He Cihong | CHN | 1:05.87 | 26. | | 8. Valeria Álvarez | ARG | 1:06.38 | 30. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lee I Ji-Hyeon | KOR | 1:03.96 | 18. | | 2. Minpraphal Praphalsai | THA | 1:04.61 | 21. | | 3. Marcela Kubalčíková | CZE | 1:05.48 | 24. | | 4. Yseult Gervy | BEL | 1:05.72 | 25. | | 5. Aikaterini Klepkou | GRE | 1:05.94 | 27. | | 6. Carmen Herea | ROU | 1:06.12 | 28. | | 6. Gillian Thomson | PHI | 1:06.12 | 29. | | 8. Tsai Shu-Min | TPE | 1:11.44 | 34. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Annamária Kiss | HUN | 1:07.38 | 32. | | 2. Gail Rizzo | MLT | 1:07.61 | 33. | | 3. Ximena Escalera | BOL | 1:11.70 | 35. | | 4. Harijesy Razafindramahatra | MAD | 1:13.83 | 36. |
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