| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melissa Belote | USA | 2:19.19 | 1. | | 2. Susie Atwood | USA | 2:20.38 | 2. | | 3. Donna-Marie Gurr | CAN | 2:23.22 | 8. | | 4. Annegret Kober | FRG | 2:23.35 | 5. | | 5. Christine Herbst | GDR | 2:23.44 | 7. | | 6. Enith Brigitha | NED | 2:23.70 | 3. | | 7. Deborah Palmer | AUS | 2:24.65 | 4. | | 8. Leslie Cliff | CAN | 2:25.80 | 6. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Annegret Kober | FRG | 2:24.88 | 5. | | 2. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 2:25.71 | 11. | | 3. Suzuko Matsumura | JPN | 2:26.95 | 14. | | 4. María Teresa Ramírez | MEX | 2:27.47 | 17. | | 5. Annemarie Groen | NED | 2:29.17 | 23. | | 6. Diana Ashton | GBR | 2:29.95 | 27. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Susie Atwood | USA | 2:22.13 | 2. | | 2. Deborah Palmer | AUS | 2:24.25 | 4. | | 3. Susanne Hilger | GDR | 2:27.88 | 18. | | 4. Susan Hunter | NZL | 2:28.28 | 21. | | 5. Kikuyo Ishii | JPN | 2:29.66 | 26. | | 6. Zdenka Gašparač | YUG | 2:33.57 | 31. | | 7. Christine Fulcher | IRE | 2:33.73 | 32. | | 8. Pat Chan | SIN | 2:41.27 | 36. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Leslie Cliff | CAN | 2:25.08 | 6. | | 2. Karin Bormann | FRG | 2:25.59 | 10. | | 3. Lynn Skrifvars | USA | 2:26.40 | 13. | | 4. Debra Cain | AUS | 2:27.14 | 15. | | 5. Jozien Elzerman | NED | 2:28.18 | 19. | | 6. Kazu Fujimura | JPN | 2:30.37 | 28. | | 7. Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | 2:37.88 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Enith Brigitha | NED | 2:23.70 | 3. | | 2. Donna-Marie Gurr | CAN | 2:25.33 | 8. | | 3. Sylvie Le Noach | FRA | 2:27.18 | 16. | | 4. Tina Lekveishvili | URS | 2:28.22 | 20. | | 5. Susanne Niesner | SUI | 2:28.62 | 22. | | 6. Pamela Bairstow | GBR | 2:29.28 | 24. | | 7. María Cecilia Vargas | MEX | 2:37.54 | 33. | | 8. Ong Mei Lin | MAS | 2:46.40 | 37. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melissa Belote | USA | 2:20.58 | 1. | | 2. Christine Herbst | GDR | 2:25.09 | 7. | | 3. Sue Lewis | AUS | 2:25.34 | 9. | | 4. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 2:25.81 | 12. | | 5. Nataliya Yershova | URS | 2:29.46 | 25. | | 6. Angelika Kraus | FRG | 2:31.16 | 29. | | 7. Patricia López | ARG | 2:33.41 | 30. | | 8. Diana Sutherland | GBR | 2:37.61 | 34. |
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