| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrea Gyarmati | HUN | 1:03.80 | 1. | | 2. Roswitha Beier | GDR | 1:04.36 | 5. | | 3. Dana Shrader | USA | 1:04.54 | 8. | | 4. Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | GDR | 1:04.64 | 9. | | 5. Edeltraud Koch | FRG | 1:05.28 | 10. | | 6. Frieke Buys | NED | 1:06.78 | 12. | | 7. Marilyn Corson | CAN | 1:06.78 | 13. | | 8. Irina Ustimenko | URS | 1:07.76 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Deena Deardurff | USA | 1:03.97 | 2. | | 2. Mayumi Aoki | JPN | 1:04.11 | 3. | | 3. Ellie Daniel | USA | 1:04.25 | 4. | | 4. Gudrun Beckmann | FRG | 1:04.52 | 6. | | 5. Noriko Asano | JPN | 1:04.53 | 7. | | 6. Heike Hustede-Nagel | FRG | 1:06.48 | 11. | | 7. Margrit Thomet | SUI | 1:07.12 | 14. | | 8. Eva Wikner | SWE | 1:07.53 | 15. |
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