Heat 1 | time | | 1. Mary Decker | United States | 8.44.38 | OR | 2. Lynn Williams | Canada | 8.45.77 | | 3. Agnese Possamai | Italy | 8.45.84 | | 4. Aurora Cunha | Portugal | 8.46.38 | | 5. Dianne Rodger | New Zealand | 8.47.90 | | 6. Jane Furniss | Great Britain | 8.48.00 | | 7. Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 8.57.21 | | 8. Roisin Smyth | Ireland | 9.01.69 | | 9. Raida Abdallah | Jordan | 10.48.00 | | -. Helen Ritter | Liechtenstain | DNS | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Brigitte Kraus | West Germany | 8:57.53 | | 2. Joan Hansen | United States | 8:58.64 | | 3. Wendy Sly | Great Britain | 8:58.66 | | 4. Maria Machado | Portugal | 9.01.77 | | 5. Donna Gould | Australia | 9.05.56 | | 6. Eva Ernström | Sweden | 9.06.54 | | 7. Annette Sergent | France | 9.15.82 | | 8. Sue French | Canada | 9.24.66 | | 9. Liliana Gongora | Argentina | 9.41.14 | | 10.Hwinga Mwanjala | Tanzania | 9.42.66 | |
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