| Final | Team | time | | 1. Beate Anders |  GER | 11:50.90 | | 2. Kerry Saxby |  AUS | 12:03.21 | | 3. Ileana Salvador |  ITA | 12:07.67 | | 4. Olga Kardopolzeva |  URS | 12:07.70 | | 5. Yelena Nikolayeva | URS | 12.09.60 | | 6. Emilia Cano |  ESP | 12:40.87 | | 7. Olga Sanchez | ESP | 12:54.40 | | 8. Zuzana Zemkova |  TCH | 12:59.85 | | 9. Victoria Herazo |  USA | 13:09.90 | | 10.Myriam Ramon |  ECU | 13:24.95 | | -. Annarita Sidoti | ITA | DQ | | -. Kathrin Born | GER | DQ |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | | 1. Ileana Salvador | ITA | 12:33.23 | | 2. Yelena Nikolayeva | URS | 12:34.73 | | 3. Beate Anders | GER | 12:35.27 | | 4. Olga Sanchez | ESP | 12:47.80 | | 5. Zuzana Zemkova | TCH | 13:05.89 | | 6. Victoria Herazo | USA | 13:15.99 | | -. Viera Toporek |  AUT | DQ | | -. Janice McCaffrey |  CAN | DQ | | -. Maria Rosza |  HUN | DQ | | -. Sari Essayah |  FIN | DQ |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | | 1. Annarita Sidoti | ITA | 13:05.10 | | 2. Olga Kardopolzeva | URS | 13:05.43 | | 3. Kathrin Born | GER | 13:05.47 | | 4. Kerry Saxby | AUS | 13:06.38 | | 5. Emilia Cano | ESP | 13:16.06 | | 6. Myriam Ramon | ECU | 13:25.13 | | 7. Alison Baker | CAN | 13:53.21 | | -. Kamila Holpuchova | TCH | DQ | | -. Ildiko Ilyes | HUN | DQ |
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