| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kornelia Ender | GDR | 1:00.13 | 7. 1. | | 2. Andrea Pollack | GDR | 1:00.98 | 1. 2. | | 3. Wendy Boglioli | USA | 1:01.17 | 2. 4. | | 4. Camille Wright | USA | 1:01.41 | 4. 5. | | 5. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:01.56 | 5. 6. | | 6. Wendy Quirk | CAN | 1:01.75 | 3. 3. | | 7. Lelei Fonoimoana | USA | 1:01.95 | 9. 7. | | 8. Tamara Shelofastova | URS | 1:02.74 | 6. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Wendy Boglioli | USA | 1:01.75 | 4. | | 2. Camille Wright | USA | 1:01.89 | 5. | | 3. Tamara Shelofastova | URS | 1:02.40 | 8. | | 4. Boivin Hélène | CAN | 1:02.90 | 9. | | 5. Susan Sloan | CAN | 1:02.91 | 10. | | 6. Linda Hanel | AUS | 1:03.30 | 12. | | 7. Lynne Rowe | NZL | 1:04.06 | 14. | | 8. Kuniko Banno | JPN | 1:04.21 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kornelia Ender | GDR | 1:01.03 | 1. | | 2. Andrea Pollack | GDR | 1:01.39 | 2. | | 3. Wendy Quirk | CAN | 1:01.54 | 3. | | 4. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:01.93 | 6. | | 5. Lelei Fonoimoana | USA | 1:02.23 | 7. | | 6. María Paris | CRC | 1:03.27 | 11. | | 7. Yasue Hatsuda | JPN | 1:03.33 | 13. | | 8. Susan Jenner | GBR | 1:04.06 | 14. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Pollack | GDR | 1:01.43 | 1. | | 2. Susan Sloan | CAN | 1:03.12 | 10. | | 3. Gudrun Beckmann | FRG | 1:04.36 | 17. | | 4. Lyle Smith | AUS | 1:04.71 | 20. | | 5. Flavia Nadalutti | BRA | 1:06.29 | 28. | | 6. Rosemary Ribeiro | BRA | 1:06.50 | 30. | | 7. María Mock | PUR | 1:06.52 | 31. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:02.34 | 5. | | 2. Tamara Shelofastova | URS | 1:02.40 | 6. | | 3. Kuniko Banno | JPN | 1:03.66 | 12. | | 4. Nataliya Popova | URS | 1:05.22 | 23. | | 5. José Damen | NED | 1:06.09 | 25. | | 6. Marianela Huen | VEN | 1:07.17 | 34. | | 7. Liliana Cian | COL | 1:09.91 | 38. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Wendy Quirk | CAN | 1:01.93 | 3. | | 2. Camille Wright | USA | 1:02.22 | 4. | | 3. Gunilla Andersson | SWE | 1:04.48 | 18. | | 4. Beate Jasch | FRG | 1:04.82 | 22. | | 5. María Hung | VEN | 1:07.37 | 35. | | 6. Sansanee Changkasiri | THA | 1:10.97 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kornelia Ender | GDR | 1:02.45 | 7. | | 2. María Paris | CRC | 1:03.67 | 13. | | 3. Linda Hanel | AUS | 1:03.78 | 14. | | 4. Nira Stove | AUS | 1:04.78 | 21. | | 5. Ineke Ran | NED | 1:05.63 | 24. | | 6. Rossana Juncos | ARG | 1:06.76 | 32. | | 7. Shelley Cramer | USV | 1:08.55 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Wendy Boglioli | USA | 1:01.84 | 2. | | 2. Yasue Hatsuda | JPN | 1:03.32 | 11. | | 3. Joanne Atkinson | GBR | 1:04.70 | 19. | | 4. Chantal Grimard | BEL | 1:06.10 | 26. | | 5. Donatella Talpo-Schiavon | ITA | 1:06.15 | 27. | | 6. Montserrat Majo | ESP | 1:06.79 | 33. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Boivin Hélène | CAN | 1:02.67 | 8. | | 2. Lelei Fonoimoana | USA | 1:02.75 | 9. | | 3. Susan Jenner | GBR | 1:04.19 | 15. | | 4. Lynne Rowe | NZL | 1:04.23 | 16. | | 5. Jane Alexander | GBR | 1:06.33 | 29. | | 6. Alfreðsdóttir Þórunn | ISL | 1:09.63 | 37. |
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