Heat 4 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Caren Metschuck | East Germany | 55.44s | +0.46s | - | 16 | 2. | 2. Conny Van Bentum | Netherlands | 57.51s | +2.53s | - | 14 | 5. | 3. Agneta Eriksson | Sweden | 57.67s | +2.69s | - | 15 | 7. | 4. Monica Vallarin | Italy | 59.43s | +4.45s | - | 15 | 17. | 5. Natalia Mas | Spain | 59.53s | +4.55s | - | 16 | 18. | 6. Bako Ratsifa | Madagascar | 1:07.21 | +12.23s | - | 16 | 25. | 7. Thi Thanh Lan Chung | Vietnam | 1:12.27 | +17.29s | - | 18 | 29. | 7. Monique Drost | Netherlands | DSQ | | - | 15 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Barbara Krause | East Germany | 54.98s | WR | - | 21 | 1. | 2. June Croft | Great Britain | 57.88s | +2.90s | - | 17 | 9. | 3. Carina Ljungdahl | Sweden | 58.05s | +3.07s | - | 15 | 10. | 4. Michelle Pearson | Australia | 58.90s | +3.92s | - | 18 | 13. | 5. Heidi Koch | Austria | 59.73s | +4.75s | - | 18 | 19. | 6. Hellen Plaschinski | Mexico | 59.75s | +4.77s | - | 17 | 20. | 7. Olga Loizou | Cyprus | 1:06.50 | +11.52s | - | 18 | 24. | 8. Garnet Charwat | Nicaragua | 1:08.98 | +14.00s | - | 13 | 26. |
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