| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silvia Borgini |  ARG |
| 2 | Shane Gould |  AUS |
| 3 | Helen Gray | AUS |
| 4 | Debbie Palmer | AUS |
| 5 | Lucy Burle |  BRA |
| 6 | Karen LeGresley |  CAN |
| 7 | Mary Beth Rondeau | CAN |
| 8 | Merrily Stratten | CAN |
| 9 | Roselina Ángel |  COL |
| 10 | Olga de Ángulo | COL |
| 11 | Uta Schütz |  FRG |
| 12 | Angela Steinbach | FRG |
| 13 | Jutta Weber | FRG |
| 14 | Lesley Allardice |  GBR |
| 15 | Susan Edmondson | GBR |
| 16 | Diana Sutherland | GBR |
| 17 | Andrea Eife |  GDR |
| 18 | Karin Tülling | GDR |
| 19 | Gudrun Wegner | GDR |
| 20 | Belinda Phillips |  JAM |
| 21 | Marcia Arriaga |  MEX |
| 22 | Hansje Bunschoten |  NED |
| 23 | Anke Rijnders | NED |
| 24 | Heather Coombridge |  NZL |
| 25 | Françoise Monod |  SUI |
| 26 | Hsu Yue-Yun |  TPE |
| 27 | Nadezhda Matyukhina |  URS |
| 28 | Yelena Timoshenko | URS |
| 29 | Tatyana Zolotnitskaya | URS |
| 30 | Shirley Babashoff |  USA |
| 31 | Ann Marshall | USA |
| 32 | Keena Rothhammer | USA |
| 33 | Ileana Morales |  VEN |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hriska Peycheva |  BUL |
| 2 | Mireille Bassoul |  LBN |
