Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Lisa Curry-Kenny | AUS | 2:20.57 | 8. | 2. Alison Dozzo | CAN | 2:20.85 | 10. | 3. Anette Philipsson | SWE | 2:21.70 | 12. | 4. Zara Long | GBR | 2:23.89 | 16. | 5. Brigitte Wanderer | AUT | 2:26.85 | 20. | 6. Yan Hong | CHN | 2:27.95 | 21. | 7. Lotta Flink | HKG | 2:31.70 | 25. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Christiane Pielke | FRG | 2:19.17 | 4. | 2. Michelle MacPherson | CAN | 2:20.68 | 9. | 3. Laurence Bensimon | FRA | 2:24.34 | 17. | 4. Gaynor Stanley | GBR | 2:24.94 | 18. | 5. Gail Jonson | NZL | 2:25.00 | 19. | 6. Faten Ghattas | TUN | 2:29.77 | 23. | 7. Sharon Pickering | FIJ | 2:34.77 | 26. |
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