| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anne Ottenbrite | CAN | 2:30.38 | 3. | | 2. Susan Rapp | USA | 2:31.15 | 4. | | 3. Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 2:31.40 | 1. | | 4. Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 2:32.93 | 5. | | 5. Sharon Kellett | AUS | 2:33.60 | 2. | | 6. Ute Hasse | FRG | 2:33.82 | 5. | | 7. Susannah Brownsdon | GBR | 2:35.07 | 7. | | 8. Kim Rhodenbaugh | USA | 2:35.51 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 2:36.23 | 9. | | 10.Petra van Staveren | NED | 2:36.32 | 13. | | 11.Laura Belotti | ITA | 2:36.49 | 10. | | 12.Mary Lubawski | CAN | 2:36.55 | 12. | | 13.Alicia María Boscatto | ARG | 2:36.96 | 11. | | 14.Annelie Holmström | SWE | 2:37.62 | 14. | | 15.Gaynor Stanley | GBR | 2:39.32 | 16. | | 16.Dimity Douglas | AUS | 2:39.33 | 15. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Hiroko Nagasaki | JPN | 2:34.46 | 5. | | 1. Ute Hasse | FRG | 2:34.46 | 5. | | 3. Kim Rhodenbaugh | USA | 2:35.54 | 7. | | 4. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 2:35.75 | 9. | | 5. Dimity Douglas | AUS | 2:38.47 | 15. | | 6. Sara Guido | MEX | 2:38.87 | 17. | | 7. Petra Hillenius | NED | 2:41.57 | 18. | | 8. Rosa María Silva | URU | 2:50.01 | 21. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sharon Kellett | AUS | 2:33.23 | 2. | | 2. Susan Rapp | USA | 2:33.46 | 4. | | 3. Susannah Brownsdon | GBR | 2:35.54 | 7. | | 4. Laura Belotti | ITA | 2:35.99 | 10. | | 5. Annelie Holmström | SWE | 2:37.21 | 14. | | 6. Gaynor Stanley | GBR | 2:38.54 | 16. | | 7. Guðrún Ágústsdóttir | ISL | 2:44.85 | 20. | | 8. Isabel Lardizajal | HON | 3:04.26 | 23. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ingrid Lempereur | BEL | 2:32.46 | 1. | | 2. Anne Ottenbrite | CAN | 2:33.43 | 3. | | 3. Alicia María Boscatto | ARG | 2:36.38 | 11. | | 4. Mary Lubawski | CAN | 2:36.65 | 12. | | 5. Petra van Staveren | NED | 2:37.20 | 13. | | 6. Kaori Iwasaki | JPN | 2:42.69 | 19. | | 7. Chow Lai Yee | HKG | 2:50.45 | 22. |
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