| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Qian Hong |  CHN | 58.62s | 2. | | 2. Crissy Ahmann-Leighton |  USA | 58.74s | 6. | | 3. Catherine Plewinski |  FRA | 59.01s | 5. | | 4. Wang Xiaohong | CHN | 59.10s | 1. | | 5. Susie O'Neill |  AUS | 59.69s | 3. | | 6. Summer Sanders | USA | 59.82s | 7. | | 7. Franziska van Almsick |  GER | 1:00.70 | 4. | | 8. Rie Shito |  JPN | 1:01.16 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Inge de Bruijn |  NED | 1:01.02 | 10. | | 10.Karin Brienesse | NED | 1:01.20 | 12. | | 11.Yoko Kando | JPN | 1:01.32 | 15. | | 12.Therese Lundin |  SWE | 1:01.43 | 14. | | 13.Lisa Curry-Kenny | AUS | 1:01.61 | 9. | | 14.Kristin Topham |  CAN | 1:01.91 | 11. | | 15.Ilaria Tocchini |  ITA | 1:02.06 | 13. | | 16.Jacqueline Delord | FRA | 1:03.22 | 16. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Qian Hong | CHN | 59.37s | 2. | | 2. Crissy Ahmann-Leighton | USA | 1:00.10 | 6. | | 3. Lisa Curry-Kenny | AUS | 1:01.07 | 9. | | 4. Kristin Topham | CAN | 1:01.20 | 11. | | 5. Karin Brienesse | NED | 1:01.33 | 12. | | 6. Olha Kirichenko |  URS | 1:01.78 | 16. | | 7. Madeleine Campbell |  GBR | 1:02.43 | 20. | | 8. Malin Strömberg | SWE | 1:02.78 | 24. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Wang Xiaohong | CHN | 59.34s | 1. | | 2. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 59.95s | 3. | | 3. Rie Shito | JPN | 1:01.04 | 8. | | 4. Ilaria Tocchini | ITA | 1:01.37 | 13. | | 5. Yoko Kando | JPN | 1:01.56 | 15. | | 6. Jacqueline Delord | FRA | 1:01.78 | 16. | | 7. Julie Howard | CAN | 1:02.89 | 27. | | 8. Nataliya Yakovleva | URS | 1:03.18 | 30. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:00.02 | 4. | | 2. Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 1:00.03 | 5. | | 3. Summer Sanders | USA | 1:00.38 | 7. | | 4. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 1:01.12 | 10. | | 5. Therese Lundin | SWE | 1:01.38 | 14. | | 6. Bettina Ustrowski | GER | 1:02.07 | 18. | | 7. María Peláez |  ESP | 1:02.79 | 25. | | 8. Samantha Purvis | GBR | 1:02.94 | 28. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Martina Moravcová |  TCH | 1:02.11 | 19. | | 2. Marianne Kriel |  RSA | 1:02.49 | 21. | | 3. Diana Ureche |  ROU | 1:02.72 | 23. | | 4. Timea Toth |  ISR | 1:03.18 | 29. | | 5. Marja Päivinen-Pärssinen |  FIN | 1:03.94 | 32. | | 6. Iuliana Pantelimon | ROU | 1:04.07 | 33. | | 7. Shelley Cramer |  USV | 1:05.84 | 43. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anna Uryniuk |  POL | 1:02.50 | 22. | | 2. Franco Bárbara | ESP | 1:02.83 | 26. | | 3. Nataša Meškovska |  YUG | 1:04.16 | 35. | | 4. Ana Alegria |  POR | 1:04.18 | 36. | | 5. Berit Puggaard |  DEN | 1:04.57 | 38. | | 6. Gabriela Gaja |  MEX | 1:04.84 | 40. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Joscelin Yeo |  SIN | 1:03.82 | 31. | | 2. May Ooi | SIN | 1:04.14 | 34. | | 3. Minpraphal Praphalsai |  THA | 1:04.28 | 37. | | 4. Joana Arantes | POR | 1:04.59 | 39. | | 5. Blanca Morales |  GUA | 1:05.02 | 41. | | 6. Nguyễn Kiều Oanh |  VIE | 1:05.19 | 42. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anja Margetić |  BIH | 1:06.26 | 44. | | 2. Sharon Pickering |  FIJ | 1:06.35 | 45. | | 3. Monica Dahl |  NAM | 1:06.58 | 46. | | 4. Ana Fortin |  HON | 1:07.94 | 47. | | 5. Elsa Freire |  ANG | 1:10.17 | 48. | | 6. Mariza Gregorio |  MOZ | 1:10.27 | 49. |
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