| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yang Wenyi |  CHN | 24.79s | 6. | | 2. Zhuang Yong | CHN | 25.08s | 1. | | 3. Angel Martino |  USA | 25.23s | 2. | | 4. Catherine Plewinski |  FRA | 25.36s | 4. | | 5. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 25.37s | 3. | | 6. Nataliya Meshcheryakova |  URS | 25.47s | 8. | | 7. Simone Osygus |  GER | 25.74s | 5. | | 8. Inge de Bruijn |  NED | 25.84s | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Lisa Curry-Kenny |  AUS | 25.87s | 11. | | 10.Kristin Topham |  CAN | 26.17s | 13. | | 11.Marianne Muis | NED | 26.24s | 15. | | 11.Andrea Nugent | CAN | 26.24s | 12. | | 13.Marianne Kriel |  RSA | 26.47s | 10. | | 14.Yevgeniya Yermakova | URS | 26.49s | 16. | | 15.Linda Olofsson |  SWE | 26.51s | 14. | | -. Franziska van Almsick | GER | | 9. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jenny Beth Thompson | USA | 25.63s | 3. | | 2. Yang Wenyi | CHN | 25.84s | 6. | | 3. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 25.96s | 9. | | 4. Andrea Nugent | CAN | 26.29s | 12. | | 5. Marianne Muis | NED | 26.43s | 15. | | 6. Gitta Jensen |  DEN | 26.54s | 18. | | 7. Toni Jeffs |  NZL | 26.90s | 27. | | 7. Alison Sheppard |  GBR | 26.90s | 27. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Zhuang Yong | CHN | 25.56s | 1. | | 2. Simone Osygus | GER | 25.79s | 5. | | 3. Lisa Curry-Kenny | AUS | 26.07s | 11. | | 4. Linda Olofsson | SWE | 26.43s | 14. | | 5. Yevgeniya Yermakova | URS | 26.45s | 16. | | 6. Julie Blaise | FRA | 26.48s | 17. | | 7. Cristina Chiuso |  ITA | 26.72s | 19. | | 8. Karen Van Wirdum | AUS | 26.80s | 26. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Angel Martino | USA | 25.63s | 2. | | 2. Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 25.78s | 4. | | 3. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 25.86s | 7. | | 4. Nataliya Meshcheryakova | URS | 25.89s | 8. | | 5. Marianne Kriel | RSA | 26.05s | 10. | | 6. Kristin Topham | CAN | 26.32s | 13. | | 7. Ayako Nakano |  JPN | 26.74s | 20. | | 8. Louise Karlsson | SWE | 26.77s | 23. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Luminiţa Dobrescu |  ROU | 26.76s | 21. | | 1. Claudia Franco |  ESP | 26.76s | 22. | | 3. Karen Pickering | GBR | 26.78s | 24. | | 4. Mette Nørskov Nielsen | DEN | 26.80s | 25. | | 5. Martina Moravcová |  TCH | 26.92s | 29. | | 6. Diana Ureche | ROU | 26.96s | 30. | | 7. Helga Sigurðardóttir |  ISL | 27.94s | 41. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Minna Salmela |  FIN | 27.00s | 31. | | 2. Rania El-Wani |  EGY | 27.20s | 32. | | 3. Eva Gysling |  SUI | 27.21s | 33. | | 4. Shina Matsudo | JPN | 27.36s | 34. | | 5. Robyn Lamsam |  HKG | 27.40s | 36. | | 6. Monica Dahl |  NAM | 27.45s | 37. | | 7. Joshua Ikhaghomi |  NGR | 27.53s | 39. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Joscelin Yeo |  SIN | 27.36s | 34. | | 2. Marja Päivinen-Pärssinen | FIN | 27.49s | 38. | | 3. Shelley Cramer |  USV | 27.84s | 40. | | 4. Ratiporn Wong |  THA | 28.42s | 43. | | 5. Ana Fortin |  HON | 28.59s | 44. | | 6. May Ooi | SIN | 28.77s | 45. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 2. Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana |  MAD | 28.22s | 42. | | 3. Sharon Pickering |  FIJ | 28.90s | 46. | | 4. Paola Peñarrieta |  BOL | 29.71s | 47. | | 5. Sara Casadei |  SMR | 30.05s | 48. | | 6. Elsa Freire |  ANG | 30.17s | 49. |
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