Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | 3. Carmela Schmidt | East Germany | 4:17.43 | | +0.60s | - | 6. Jolanda van der Meer | Netherlands | 4:19.54 | | +2.71s | - | 11.Irina Aksenova | Soviet Union | 4:22.54 | | +6.71s | - | 17.Sofia Dara | Greece | 4:24.23 | | +7.40s | - | 18.Nicole Schrepfer | West Germany | 4:24.55 | | +7.72s | - | 23.Marja Raikkala | Finland | 4:35.27 | | +18.44s | - | 25.Monique Drost | Netherlands | 4:38.37 | | +21.54s | - |
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Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | 2. Ines Diers | East Germany | 4:17.27 | | +0.44s | - | 4. Jackie Wilmott | Great Britain | 4:18.21 | | +1.38s | - | 12.Marta Sionina | Poland | 4:22.72 | | +6.89s | - | 16.Mette Christensen | Denmark | 4:24.05 | | +7.22s | - | 19.Nina Halvorsen | Norway | 4:26.17 | | +9.34s | - | 20.Grazia Pandini | Italy | 4:27.85 | | +11.02s | - |
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