| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Theresa Andrews | USA | 1:02.55 | 2. | | 2. Betsy Mitchell | USA | 1:02.63 | 1. | | 3. Jolanda de Rover | NED | 1:02.91 | 2. | | 4. Carmen Bunaciu | ROU | 1:03.21 | 5. | | 5. Aneta Pătrăşcoiu | ROU | 1:03.29 | 7. | | 6. Svenja Schlicht | FRG | 1:03.46 | 6. | | 7. Beverley Rose | GBR | 1:04.16 | 4. | | 8. Carmel Clark | NZL | 1:04.47 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Audrey Moore | AUS | 1:04.15 | 13. | | 10.Georgina Parkes | AUS | 1:04.52 | 11. | | 10.Manuela Carosi | ITA | 1:04.52 | 10. | | 12.Brigitte van der Lans | NED | 1:04.75 | 8. | | 13.Catherine White | GBR | 1:04.99 | 14. | | 14.Reema Abdo | CAN | 1:05.13 | 12. | | 15.Sabine Pauwels | BEL | 1:05.33 | 15. | | 16.Eva Gysling | SUI | 1:06.11 | 16. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jolanda de Rover | NED | 1:02.94 | 2. | | 2. Beverley Rose | GBR | 1:03.61 | 4. | | 3. Carmen Bunaciu | ROU | 1:03.79 | 5. | | 4. Sabine Pauwels | BEL | 1:05.17 | 15. | | 5. Anna-Karin Eriksson | SWE | 1:06.09 | 20. | | 6. Teresa Rivera | MEX | 1:06.39 | 21. | | 7. Kathy Wong | HKG | 1:10.19 | 27. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aneta Pătrăşcoiu | ROU | 1:04.16 | 7. | | 2. Georgina Parkes | AUS | 1:04.90 | 11. | | 3. Reema Abdo | CAN | 1:04.92 | 12. | | 4. Eva Gysling | SUI | 1:05.18 | 16. | | 5. Sandra Dahlmann | FRG | 1:05.27 | 17. | | 6. Nozomi Sunouchi | JPN | 1:07.23 | 23. | | 7. Guo Huaying | CHN | 1:08.21 | 25. | | 8. Helen Chow | MAS | 1:11.30 | 31. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Betsy Mitchell | USA | 1:02.53 | 1. | | 2. Svenja Schlicht | FRG | 1:04.02 | 6. | | 3. Carmel Clark | NZL | 1:04.57 | 8. | | 4. Manuela Carosi | ITA | 1:04.77 | 10. | | 5. Yolande Van der Straeten | BEL | 1:07.07 | 22. | | 6. Choi Yun-Hui | KOR | 1:07.35 | 24. | | 7. Christine Jacob | PHI | 1:10.28 | 28. | | 8. Petra Bekaert | NAT | 1:10.60 | 30. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Theresa Andrews | USA | 1:02.94 | 2. | | 2. Brigitte van der Lans | NED | 1:04.57 | 8. | | 3. Audrey Moore | AUS | 1:04.96 | 13. | | 4. Catherine White | GBR | 1:05.03 | 14. | | 5. Naomi Sekido | JPN | 1:05.60 | 18. | | 6. Michelle MacPherson | CAN | 1:06.04 | 19. | | 7. Lotta Flink | HKG | 1:09.70 | 26. | | 8. Sharon Pickering | FIJ | 1:10.49 | 29. |
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| Swim-Off | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Carmel Clark | NZL | 1:04.33 | 8. | | 2. Brigitte van der Lans | NED | 1:04.82 | 9. |
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