| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nicole Haislett |  USA | 1:57.90 | 2. | | 2. Franziska van Almsick |  GER | 1:58.00 | 1. | | 3. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 1:59.67 | 4. | | 4. Catherine Plewinski |  FRA | 1:59.88 | 6. | | 5. Luminiţa Dobrescu |  ROU | 2:00.48 | 3. | | 6. Suzu Chiba |  JPN | 2:00.64 | 8. | | 7. Olha Kirichenko |  URS | 2:00.90 | 6. | | 8. Lu Bin |  CHN | 2:02.10 | 5. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Yelena Dendeberova | URS | 2:00.09 | 11. | | 10.Karen Pickering |  GBR | 2:00.33 | 10. | | 11.Susie O'Neill |  AUS | 2:00.89 | 9. | | 12.Malin Nilsson |  SWE | 2:02.02 | 18. | | 13.Mette Jacobsen |  DEN | 2:02.14 | 13. | | 14.Gitta Jensen | DEN | 2:02.32 | 14. | | 15.Carla-Creola Negrea | ROU | 2:02.96 | 16. | | 16.Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 2:04.21 | 15. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nicole Haislett | USA | 1:59.33 | 2. | | 2. Olha Kirichenko | URS | 2:00.67 | 6. | | 3. Suzu Chiba | JPN | 2:00.96 | 8. | | 4. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 2:01.84 | 13. | | 5. Carla-Creola Negrea | ROU | 2:03.16 | 16. | | 6. Yoko Koikawa | JPN | 2:03.32 | 17. | | 7. Malin Nilsson | SWE | 2:03.44 | 18. | | 8. Zhuang Yong | CHN | 2:04.12 | 21. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Luminiţa Dobrescu | ROU | 2:00.51 | 3. | | 2. Lu Bin | CHN | 2:00.56 | 5. | | 3. Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 2:00.67 | 6. | | 4. Yelena Dendeberova | URS | 2:01.28 | 11. | | 5. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 2:01.71 | 12. | | 6. Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson | AUS | 2:02.50 | 15. | | 7. Irene Dalby |  NOR | 2:04.28 | 23. | | 8. Diane van der Plaats |  NED | 2:05.42 | 26. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:57.90 | 1. | | 2. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 2:00.55 | 4. | | 3. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 2:01.05 | 9. | | 4. Karen Pickering | GBR | 2:01.09 | 10. | | 5. Gitta Jensen | DEN | 2:02.27 | 14. | | 6. Nikki Dryden |  CAN | 2:03.59 | 19. | | 7. Isabelle Arnould |  BEL | 2:04.06 | 20. | | 8. Sandra Cam | BEL | 2:04.72 | 25. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Allison Higson | CAN | 2:04.25 | 22. | | 2. Natalia Pulido |  ESP | 2:04.39 | 24. | | 3. Rita Jean Garay |  PUR | 2:07.08 | 27. | | 4. Joscelin Yeo |  SIN | 2:07.09 | 28. | | 5. Rania El-Wani |  EGY | 2:08.93 | 31. | | 6. Corinne Leclair |  MRI | 2:12.55 | 35. | | 7. May Ooi | SIN | 2:13.20 | 36. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gillian Thomson |  PHI | 2:07.95 | 29. | | 2. Robyn Lamsam |  HKG | 2:08.60 | 30. | | 3. María José Marenco |  ESA | 2:09.36 | 32. | | 4. Claudia Fortin |  HON | 2:12.24 | 33. | | 5. Sharon Pickering |  FIJ | 2:12.43 | 34. | | 6. Paola Peñarrieta |  BOL | 2:15.74 | 37. |
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