| Final | time | L | | 1. Andrea Pollack |  GDR | 1:00.61 | 5 | | 2. Christiane Knacke | GDR | 1:00.71 | 4 | | 3. Ineke Ran |  NED | 1:03.40 | 3 | | 4. Susan Jenner | GDR | 1:03.69 | 2 | | 5. Tamára Shelofastova |  URS | 1:03.86 | 7 | | 6. Elisabeth Taylor |  GBR | 1:03.88 | 1 | | 7. Karin Seick |  FRG | 1:04.05 | 6 | | 8. Patricia Clug |  FRA | 1:04.54 | 8 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gudrun Beckman | FRG | 1:04.15 | 10. | | 2. Diane Edelijn | NED | 1:04.97 | 14. | | 3. Donatella Schieavoni |  ITA | 1:05.40 | 16. | | 4. Alla Grischenkova | URS | 1:06.28 | 22. | | 5. Thorum Alfredsdottir |  ISL | 1:08.75 | 23. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tamára Shelofastova | URS | 1:04.01 | 6. | | 2. Patricia Clug | FRA | 1:04.11 | 8. | | 3. Cinzia Savi-Scarponi | ITA | 1:04.90 | 13. | | 4. Magda Camps |  ESP | 1:04.99 | 15. | | 5. Paevi Kauhaniemi |  FIN | 1:05.44 | 17. | | 6. Iwona Wejska |  POL | 1:06.13 | 20. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Christiane Knacke | GDR | 1:00.67 | 1. | | 2. Ineke Ran | NED | 1:03.47 | 3. | | 3. Karin Seick | FRG | 1:03.61 | 4. | | 4. Marita Karlsen |  NOR | 1:04.13 | 9. | | 5. Lena de Val |  SWE | 1:04.37 | 11. | | 6. Miriam Hopkins |  IRL | 1:05.57 | 18. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Pollack | GDR | 1:01.00 | 2. | | 2. Susan Jenner | GDR | 1:03.76 | 5. | | 3. Elisabeth Taylor | GBR | 1:04.04 | 7. | | 4. Anca Miclaus |  ROU | 1:04.85 | 12. | | 5. Carola Johansson | SWE | 1:06.01 | 19. | | 6. Agnes Fodor | ROU | 1:06.20 | 21. | | 7. Yasmine Kummer |  LUX | 1:09.83 | 24. |
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