Final | time | 1. Snezana Pajkic | Yugoslavia | 4:08.12 | 2. Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 4:08.67 | 3. Sandra Gasser | Switzerland | 4:08.89 | 4. Lyudmila Rogachova | Soviet Union | 4:10.06 | 5. Elena Fidatov | Romania | 4:10.87 | 6. Doina Melinte | Romania | 4:10.91 | 7. Yvonne Mai | East Germany | 4:10.99 | 8. Jana Kucerikova | Czechoslovakia | 4:11.67 | 9. Natalya Artymova | Soviet Union | 4:12.16 | 10.Christina Cahill | Great Britain | 4:14.48 | 11.Teena Colebrook | Great Britain | 4:15.22 | 12.Violeta Beclea | Romania | 4:16.45 |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Sandra Gasser | Switzerland | 4:08.24 | 2. Lyudmila Rogachova | Soviet Union | 4:08.30 | 3. Yvonne Mai | East Germany | 4:08.50 | 4. Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 4:08.70 | 5. Doina Melinte | Romania | 4:08.80 | 6. Jana Kucerikova | Czechoslovakia | 4:09.52 | 7. Snezana Pajkic | Yugoslavia | 4:09.53 | 8. Teena Colebrook | Great Britain | 4:10.93 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Christina Cahill | Great Britain | 4:12.00 | 2. Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | 4:12.06 | 3. Elena Fidatov | Romania | 4:12.35 | 4. Violeta Beclea | Romania | 4:13.50 | 5. Irene Theodoridou | Greece | 4:14.40 | 6. Montserrat Pujol | Spain | 4:15.72 | 7. Beverley Nicholson | Great Britain | 4:23.80 |
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