| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 1:03.34 | 1. 3. | | 2. Roswitha Beier | GDR | 1:03.61 | 4. 5. | | 3. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:03.73 | 2. 1. | | 4. Deena Deardurff | USA | 1:03.95 | 5. 2. | | 5. Dana Shrader | USA | 1:03.98 | 8. 8. | | 6. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:04.08 | 3. 4. | | 7. Gudrun Beckmann | FRG | 1:04.15 | 9. 6. | | 8. Noriko Asano | JPN | 1:04.25 | 7. 7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:03.80 | 1. | | 2. Roswitha Beier | GDR | 1:04.36 | 5. | | 3. Dana Shrader | USA | 1:04.54 | 8. | | 4. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:04.64 | 9. | | 5. Edeltraud Koch | FRG | 1:05.28 | 10. | | 6. Frieke Buys | NED | 1:06.78 | 12. | | 7. Marilyn Corson | CAN | 1:06.78 | 13. | | 8. Irina Ustimenko | URS | 1:07.76 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Deena Deardurff | USA | 1:03.97 | 2. | | 2. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 1:04.11 | 3. | | 3. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:04.25 | 4. | | 4. Gudrun Beckmann | FRG | 1:04.52 | 6. | | 5. Noriko Asano | JPN | 1:04.53 | 7. | | 6. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:06.48 | 11. | | 7. Margrit Thomet | SUI | 1:07.12 | 14. | | 8. Eva Wikner | SWE | 1:07.53 | 15. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dana Shrader | USA | 1:05.09 | 8. | | 2. Edeltraud Koch | FRG | 1:05.29 | 10. | | 3. Frieke Buys | NED | 1:06.89 | 14. | | 4. Margrit Thomet | SUI | 1:07.28 | 15. | | 5. Brenda McGrory | IRE | 1:08.52 | 21. | | 6. Donatella Talpo-Schiavon | ITA | 1:08.98 | 22. | | 7. Susan Smith | CAN | 1:09.38 | 24. | | 8. Norma Amezcua | MEX | 1:12.23 | 30. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:04.01 | 2. | | 2. Roswitha Beier | GDR | 1:04.34 | 4. | | 3. Eva Wikner | SWE | 1:06.70 | 13. | | 4. Irina Ustimenko | URS | 1:07.44 | 16. | | 5. Aurora Chamorro | ESP | 1:08.39 | 20. | | 6. Leslie Cliff | CAN | 1:09.29 | 23. | | 7. Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | 1:11.67 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Deena Deardurff | USA | 1:04.80 | 5. | | 2. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:04.83 | 6. | | 3. Noriko Asano | JPN | 1:04.97 | 7. | | 4. Sue Funch | AUS | 1:07.51 | 17. | | 5. Jean Jeavons | GBR | 1:07.64 | 18. | | 6. Faitlová Věra | TCH | 1:08.18 | 19. | | 7. Tay Chin Joo | SIN | 1:10.92 | 27. | | 8. Susana Saxlund | URU | 1:11.90 | 29. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 1:04.00 | 1. | | 2. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:04.33 | 3. | | 3. Gudrun Beckmann | FRG | 1:05.26 | 9. | | 4. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:05.64 | 11. | | 5. Marilyn Corson | CAN | 1:06.26 | 12. | | 6. Judit Turóczy | HUN | 1:09.73 | 25. | | 7. Ileana Morales | VEN | 1:10.37 | 26. |
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