| | Final | time | | gap | L | pts | ___ | | 1. |  East Germany | 7:59.33 | WR | | 4 | 945 | | | Manuela Stellmach 16 2:00.31, Astrid Strauss 17 1:59.44, Nadja Bergknecht 2:00.42, Heike Friedrich 16 1:59.16 | | 2. |  United States | 8:02.12 | | +2.79s | 6 | 929 | | | Betsy Mitchell 20 2:01.05, Mary T Meagher 21 1:59.54, Kim Brown 2:01.94, Mary Wayte 21 1:59.59 | | 3. |  Netherlands | 8:09.59 | | +10.26s | 5 | 887 | | | Annemarie Verstappen 20 2:02.04, Jolande Van Der Meer 21 2:02.55, Marianne Muis 18 2:04.29, Conny Van Bentum 21 2:00.71 | | 4. |  West Germany | 8:12.78 | | +13.45s | 7 | 870 | | | Susanne Schuster 23 2:03.74, Svenja Schlicht 19 2:03.48, Iris Zscherpe 19 2:02.83, Karin Seick 24 2:02.73 | | 5. |  France | 8:15.85 | | +16.52s | 3 | 854 | | | Veronique Jardin 19 2:03.31, Sophie Kamoun 19 2:04.99, Cecile Prunier 16 2:04.11, Catherine Plewinski 18 2:03.44 | | 6. |  Great Britain | 8:18.61 | | +19.28s | 2 | 840 | | | Annabelle Cripps 18 2:04.07, Sarah Hardcastle 17 2:02.07, Karen Mellor 17 2:06.56, Ruth Gilfillan 19 2:05.91 | | 7. |  Canada | 8:18.96 | | +19.63s | 8 | 838 | | | Patricia Noall 16 2:04.40, Debby Wurzburger 16 2:06.07, Jane Kerr 18 2:02.29, Donna Mcginnis 17 2:06.20 | | 8. |  Bulgaria | 8:22.11 | | +22.78s | 1 | 822 | | | Vanya Argirova 2:04.39, Natasha Khristova 16 2:05.85, Antoaneta Strumenlieva 18 2:06.84, Sonia Blagova 2:05.03 |
| | Heat 1 | time | | gap | L | Rk | ___ | | 1. | East Germany | 8:08.93 | CR | | - | 1. | | | Astrid Strauss 17 2:02.30, Katja Hartmann 2:03.06, Nadja Bergknecht 2:01.14, Karen Konig 2:02.43 | | 6. | West Germany | 8:19.51 | | +10.58s | - | 2. | | | Stephanie Bofinger 2:07.39, Birgit Kowalczik 18 2:05.44, Svenja Schlicht 19 2:03.38, Susanne Schuster 23 2:03.30 | | 7. | Bulgaria | 8:20.15 | | +11.22s | - | 3. | | | Natasha Khristova 16 2:05.05, Vanya Argirova 2:04.68, Antoaneta Strumenlieva 18 2:05.92, Sonia Blagova 2:04.50 | | 8. | Canada | 8:21.16 | | +12.23s | - | 4. | | | Patricia Noall 16 2:03.88, Debby Wurzburger 16 2:06.45, Jane Kerr 18 2:05.92, Donna McGinnis 17 2:04.91 | | 9. |  Italy | 8:21.59 | | +12.66s | - | 5. | | | Monica Olmi 16 2:07.08, Tanya Vannini 17 2:04.65, Ilaria Tocchini 19 2:05.85, Silvia Persi 20 2:04.01 | | 11. |  Costa Rica | 8:39.83 | | +30.90s | - | 6. | | | Marcela Cuesta 14 2:09.47, Natasha Aguilar 16 2:12.38, Carolina Mauri 16 2:13.57, Silvia Poll 15 2:04.41 | | 13. |  Chinese Taipei | 8:56.63 | | +47.70s | - | 7. | | | Lisa Ann Wen 21 2:08.41, Hsu-Hsiu Ping 2:18.07, Yu-Lan Lee 2:18.23, Hui-Chien Chang 16 2:11.92 |
| | Heat 2 | time | | gap | L | Rk | ___ | | 2. | Netherlands | 8:13.88 | CR | +4.95s | - | 1. | | | Annemarie Verstappen 20 2:03.54, Jolande Van Der Meer 21 2:03.39, Mildred Muis 18 2:04.47, Conny Van Bentum 21 2:02.48 | | 3. | France | 8:14.01 | | +5.08s | - | 2. | | | Catherine Plewinski 18 2:03.89, Sophie Kamoun 19 2:04.46, Cecile Prunier 16 2:03.16, Veronique Jardin 19 2:02.50 | | 4. | United States | 8:15.03 | | +6.10s | - | 3. | | | Julianne Brossman 2:04.54, Kim Brown 2:03.26, Debbie Babashoff 2:04.06, Laura Walker 16 2:03.17 | | 5. | Great Britain | 8:16.59 | | +7.66s | - | 4. | | | Ruth Gilfillan 19 2:05.06, Sarah Hardcastle 17 2:01.54, Karen Mellor 17 2:07.05, Annabelle Cripps 18 2:02.94 | | 10. |  Sweden | 8:23.04 | | +14.11s | - | 5. | | | Suzanne Nilsson 19 2:04.01, Eva Nyberg 17 2:06.61, Susanne Dahlstrom 2:06.80, Annette Moller 2:05.62 | | 12. |  Brazil | 8:50.44 | | +41.51s | - | 6. | | | Debby Frochtengarten 2:14.91, Monica Rezende 17 2:15.29, Cristiane Fanzeres 2:11.71, Patricia Amorim 17 2:08.53 | | -. |  Spain | DSQ | | | - | | | | Imma Tarrago, Amaya Garbayo, Natalia Pulido 16, Eva Basullas Vazquez |
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