| Final A | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Mary T. Meagher | USA | 2:06.90 | 1. |  | 2. Karen Phillips | AUS | 2:10.56 | 2. |  | 3. Ina Beyermann | FRG | 2:11.91 | 5. |  | 4. Nancy Hogshead | USA | 2:11.98 | 4. |  | 5. Samantha Purvis | GBR | 2:12.33 | 3. |  | 6. Naoko Kume | JPN | 2:12.57 | 6. |  | 7. Sonja Hausladen | AUT | 2:15.38 | 7. |  | 8. Conny van Bentum | NED | 2:17.39 | 8. |   
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. |  | 9. Jill Horstead | CAN | 2:13.49 | 12. |  | 10.Roberta Lanzarotti | ITA | 2:14.54 | 11. |  | 11.Marie Moore | CAN | 2:14.96 | 13. |  | 12.Kiyomi Takahashi | JPN | 2:16.27 | 10. |  | 13.Monica Olmi | ITA | 2:16.47 | 17. |  | 14.Petra Zindler | FRG | 2:16.50 | 14. |  | 15.Carole Brook | SUI | 2:16.74 | 16. |  | 16.Ann Osgerby | GBR | 2:19.10 | 15. |   
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Mary T. Meagher | USA | 2:11.48 | 1. |  | 2. Ina Beyermann | FRG | 2:13.26 | 5. |  | 3. Conny van Bentum | NED | 2:13.74 | 8. |  | 4. Jill Horstead | CAN | 2:14.88 | 12. |  | 5. Brigitte Wanderer | AUT | 2:21.16 | 23. |  | 6. Shelley Cramer | USV | 2:22.39 | 24. |  | 7. Blanca Morales | GUA | 2:25.03 | 28. |   
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Karen Phillips | AUS | 2:11.81 | 2. |  | 2. Nancy Hogshead | USA | 2:12.10 | 4. |  | 3. Kiyomi Takahashi | JPN | 2:14.37 | 10. |  | 4. Marie Moore | CAN | 2:14.95 | 13. |  | 5. Kathrine Bomstad | NOR | 2:19.46 | 18. |  | 6. Hadar Rubinstein | ISR | 2:22.78 | 26. |  | 7. Chang Hui-Chien | TPE | 2:24.89 | 27. |  | 8. Jodie Lawaetz | USV | 2:25.58 | 29. |   
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Naoko Kume | JPN | 2:13.31 | 6. |  | 2. Janet Tibbits | AUS | 2:13.74 | 8. |  | 3. Ann Osgerby | GBR | 2:16.31 | 15. |  | 4. Carole Brook | SUI | 2:18.66 | 16. |  | 5. Monica Olmi | ITA | 2:18.72 | 17. |  | 6. Wen San | TPE | 2:21.10 | 22. |  | 7. Faten Ghattas | TUN | 2:22.68 | 25. |   
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Samantha Purvis | GBR | 2:11.97 | 3. |  | 2. Sonja Hausladen | AUT | 2:13.50 | 7. |  | 3. Roberta Lanzarotti | ITA | 2:14.53 | 11. |  | 4. Petra Zindler | FRG | 2:15.20 | 14. |  | 5. Gail Jonson | NZL | 2:20.55 | 19. |  | 6. Anna Doig | NZL | 2:20.81 | 20. |  | 7. Julie Parkes | IRE | 2:20.85 | 21. |   
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| Swim-Off | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Conny van Bentum | NED | 2:13.60 | 8. |   
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