| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sharon Wichman | USA | 2:44.4 | 1. | | 2. Bjedov Ðurđica | YUG | 2:46.4 | 3. | | 3. Galina Prozumenshchikova | URS | 2:47.0 | 2. | | 4. Alla Grebennikova | URS | 2:47.1 | 4. | | 5. Cathy Jamison | USA | 2:48.4 | 6. | | 6. Svetlana Babanina | URS | 2:48.4 | 4. | | 7. Chieno Shibata | JPN | 2:51.5 | 8. | | 8. Ana María Norbis | URU | 2:51.9 | 3. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Christl Filippovits | AUT | 2:51.3 | 10. | | 2. Judy Playfair | AUS | 2:52.9 | 13. | | 3. Dorothy Harrison | GBR | 2:55.1 | 14. | | 4. Hedy García | PHI | 3:08.1 | 28. | | 5. Tamara Orejuela | ECU | 3:08.5 | 29. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sharon Wichman | USA | 2:46.8 | 1. | | 2. Jill Slattery | GBR | 2:51.2 | 9. | | 3. Tamara Oynick | MEX | 2:52.4 | 11. | | 4. Vreni Eberle | FRG | 2:52.5 | 12. | | 5. Casas Víctoria | MEX | 3:01.0 | 24. | | 6. Diana Harris | GBR | 3:03.4 | 25. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Svetlana Babanina | URS | 2:49.8 | 4. | | 2. Cathy Jamison | USA | 2:50.1 | 6. | | 3. Bjedov Ðurđica | YUG | 2:50.2 | 7. | | 4. Yvonne Brage | SWE | 2:56.3 | 16. | | 5. Shlomit Nir | ISR | 2:58.5 | 23. | | 6. Ana Elena de la Portilla | MEX | 3:03.5 | 26. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Galina Prozumenshchikova | URS | 2:47.8 | 2. | | 2. Chieno Shibata | JPN | 2:50.6 | 8. | | 3. Sue McKenzie | AUS | 2:53.1 | 14. | | 4. Jo-Anne Barnes | AUS | 2:57.4 | 19. | | 5. Yukari Takemoto | JPN | 2:57.9 | 20. | | 6. Ellen Ingvadóttir | ISL | 2:58.2 | 22. | | 7. María Moreño | ESA | 3:15.4 | 30. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ana María Norbis | URU | 2:49.4 | 3. | | 2. Alla Grebennikova | URS | 2:49.8 | 4. | | 3. Yoshimi Nishigawa | JPN | 2:55.3 | 16. | | 4. Ann O'Connor | IRE | 2:56.4 | 18. | | 5. Klenie Bimolt | NED | 2:57.9 | 20. | | 6. Arlette Wilmes | LUX | 3:06.7 | 27. | | 7. Liana Vicens | PUR | 3:16.2 | 31. |
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