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| AUS | 12:01.65 |
| | 2. Beate Anders | GDR | 12:07.73 | | 3. Ileana Salvador | ITA | 12:11.33 | | 4. Nadeshda Ryashkina | URS | 12:12.98 | | 5. Anika Szebensky | HUN | 12:27.20 | | 6. Andrea Alfoldi | HUN | 12:31.66 | | 7. Ann Peel | CAN | 12:32.34 | | 8. Olga Sanchez | ESP | 12:34.02 | | 9. Dana Vavracova | TCH | 12:40.51 | | 10.Reyes Sobrino | ESP | DQ |
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| Heats. First 2 and Best 6 to Final. |
| Heat 1 | Team | time. | | 1. Nadeshda Ryashkina | URS | 12:20.28 | | 2. Beate Anders | GDR | 12:22.22 | | 3. Reyes Sobrino | ESP | 12:27.82 | | 4. Ann Peel | CAN | 12:36.46 | | 5. Andrea Alföldi | HUN | 12:47.70 | | 6. Bev Hayman | AUS | 13:06.61 | | 7. Andrea Brückmann | FRG | 13:21.72 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time. | | 1. Ileana Salvador | ITA | 12:41.12 | | 2. Kerry Saxby | AUS | 12:41.55 | | 3. Anika Szebensky | HUN | 12:45.93 | | 4. Olga Sanchez | ESP | 12:50.87 | | 5. Dana Vavracova | TCH | 12:52.01 | | 6. Teresa Vaill | USA | 12:52.39 | | -. Alison Baker | CAN | DQ | | -. Valeriya Todorova | BUL | DQ |
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