| Final | Team | time | | 1. Ludmilla Rogacheva |  URS | 4:05.09 | | 2. Ivana Kubesova |  TCH | 4:06.22 | | 3. Tudorita Chidu |  ROM | 4:06.27 | | 4. Doina Melinte | ROM | 4:06.65 | | 5. Yvonne van der Kolk |  NED | 4:06.86 | | 6. Yvonne Mai |  GER | 4:07.30 | | 7. Alisa Hill |  USA | 4:08.54 | | 8. Gina Procaccio | USA | 4:19.51 | | 9. Josephine White |  GBR | 4:20.72 | | -. Ellen Kiessling | GER | DNS |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | | 1. Doina Melinte | ROM | 4:11.74 | | 2. Ivana Kubesova | TCH | 4:11.95 | | 3. Yvonne Mai | GER | 4:12.04 | | 4. Gina Procaccio | USA | 4:12.17 | | 5. Josephine White | GBR | 4:12.39 | | 6. Veronique Pongerard |  FRA | 4:14.30 | | -. Lyubov Kremlyova | URS | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | | 1. Tudorita Chidu | ROM | 4:09.27 | | 2. Alisa Hill | USA | 4:09.45 | | 3. Ludmilla Rogacheva | URS | 4:09.48 | | 4. Ellen Kiessling | GER | 4:10.23 | | 5. Yvonne van der Kolk | NED | 4:10.40 | | 6. Jo Derinh | GBR | 4:13.10 | | 7. Leah Pells |  CAN | 4:20.00 |
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