Preliminaries A total of 21 two-woman teams entered the competition and were divided into three preliminary groups of seven teams. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th–5th to Final B, and 6th–7th to Final C. All groups and finals were played as
round-robin tournaments. Group 1 was won by the Soviet Union, well ahead of Netherlands and Romania. East Germany took first place in group 2, ahead of Bulgaria and Hungary. Group 3 was won by Yugoslavia, ahead of West Germany and England. •
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Final «A» Final «B» Final «C» Individual medals • Board 1:
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8% • Board 2:
Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7% ==References==