| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ulrike Richter | GDR | 2:13.43 | 3. | | 2. Birgit Treiber | GDR | 2:14.97 | 4. | | 3. Nancy Garapick | CAN | 2:15.60 | 1. | | 4. Nadezhda Stavko | URS | 2:16.28 | 6. | | 5. Melissa Belote | USA | 2:17.27 | 5. | | 6. Antje Stille | GDR | 2:17.55 | 7. | | 7. Klavdiya Studennikova | URS | 2:17.74 | 8. | | 8. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 2:17.95 | 2. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Birgit Treiber | GDR | 2:17.62 | 4. | | 2. Melissa Belote | USA | 2:17.63 | 5. | | 3. Nadezhda Stavko | URS | 2:17.67 | 6. | | 4. Glenda Robertson | AUS | 2:18.62 | 9. | | 5. Sharron Davies | GBR | 2:24.94 | 19. | | 6. Michelle de Vries | AUS | 2:28.18 | 26. | | 7. Claudia Bellotto | ARG | 2:32.60 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ulrike Richter | GDR | 2:17.58 | 3. | | 2. Klavdiya Studennikova | URS | 2:18.47 | 8. | | 3. Maryanne Graham | USA | 2:19.07 | 10. | | 4. Diane Edelijn | NED | 2:22.77 | 15. | | 5. Heike John | FRG | 2:25.55 | 22. | | 6. Kim Wilkinson | GBR | 2:26.53 | 24. | | 7. Silvia Fontana | ESP | 2:31.37 | 27. | | 8. Paola Ruggieri | VEN | 2:34.89 | 29. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Antje Stille | GDR | 2:18.07 | 7. | | 2. Cheryl Gibson | CAN | 2:20.14 | 12. | | 3. Miriam Smith | USA | 2:22.05 | 13. | | 4. Antonella Roncelli | ITA | 2:24.45 | 18. | | 5. Joy Beasley | GBR | 2:25.14 | 20. | | 6. Angelika Grieser | FRG | 2:25.38 | 21. | | 7. Karin Bormann | FRG | 2:26.72 | 25. | | 8. Liliana Cian | COL | 2:37.06 | 30. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nancy Garapick | CAN | 2:16.49 | 1. | | 2. Wendy Cook-Hogg | CAN | 2:17.30 | 2. | | 3. Monique Rodahl | NZL | 2:19.22 | 11. | | 4. Naoko Miura | JPN | 2:22.28 | 14. | | 5. Gabriella Verrasztó | HUN | 2:23.36 | 16. | | 6. Yoshimi Nishigawa | JPN | 2:23.49 | 17. | | 7. Susan Hunter | NZL | 2:26.21 | 23. | | 8. Sansanee Changkasiri | THA | 2:48.56 | 31. |
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