| | | Final 15:50 |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Hideko Maehata |  Japan | 3:03.6 |  | 6 | 22 |  | 2. Martha Genenger Engfeld |  Germany | 3:04.2 | +0.6s | 7 | 24 |  | 3. Inge Sørensen Tabur |  Denmark | 3:07.8 | +4.2s | 3 | 12 |  | 4. Hanni Hölzner |  Germany | 3:09.5 | +5.9s | 4 | 23 |  | 4. Johanna Waalberg |  Netherlands | 3:09.5 | +5.9s | 2 | 16 |  | 6. Doris Storey |  Great Britain | 3:09.7 | +6.1s | 1 | 16 |  | 7. Jennie Kastein |  Netherlands | 3:12.8 | +9.2s | 5 | 23 | 
 | Venue: Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field. 23 Competitors from 12 Nations. |  | World Record: Hideko Maehata, Japan 3:00.4 Tokyo, Japan 30 September 1933 |  | Olympic Record: Clare Dennis, Australia 3:06.3 Los Angeles, United States 9 August 1932 | 
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 | Semi-Finals - Sunday, 9th August 10:00 |  | First 3 from each Semi and Best 4th (Johanna Waalberg, Netherlands) advanced to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Martha Genenger Engfeld |  Germany | 3:02.8 |  | 7 | 24 | 1. |  | 2. Inge Sørensen Tabur |  Denmark | 3:06.0 | +3.2s | 5 | 12 | 3. |  | 3. Hanni Hölzner |  Germany | 3:08.8 | +6.0s | 3 | 23 | 4. |  | 4. Johanna Waalberg |  Netherlands | 3:09.7 | +6.9s | 2 | 16 | 6. |  | 5. Gertrude Wollschlager |  Germany | 3:10.3 | +7.5s | 4 | 23 | 8. |  | 6. Margaret Olive Gomm |  Great Britain | 3:15.8 | +13.0s | 6 | 15 | 11. |  | 7. Maria Lenk |  Brazil | 3:17.7 | +14.9s | 1 | 21 | 12. | 
 |  | | Semi 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Hideko Maehata |  Japan | 3:03.1 | +0.3s | 7 | 22 | 2. |  | 2. Jennie Kastein |  Netherlands | 3:09.2 | +6.4s | 2 | 23 | 5. |  | 3. Doris Storey |  Great Britain | 3:09.8 | +7.0s | 6 | 16 | 7. |  | 4. Kristina Kerstin Isberg |  Sweden | 3:11.4 | +8.6s | 1 | 22 | 9. |  | 5. Valborg Marie Christensen |  Denmark | 3:14.1 | +11.3s | 5 | 19 | 10. |  | 6. Unoko Tsuboi |  Japan | 3:18.4 | +15.6s | 3 | 18 | 13. |  | 7. Dorothy June Schiller |  United States | 3:18.5 | +15.7s | 4 | 20 | 14. | 
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 | Heats - Saturday, 8th August 10:00 |  | First 3 from each Heat anf Best 4th (Hanni Holzner, Germany) advanced to Semi-Finals. Dorothy Schiller, United States also advanced. | 
 | | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Inge Sørensen Tabur |  Denmark | 3:06.7 | +4.8s | 5 | 12 | 3. |  | 2. Kristina Kerstin Isberg |  Sweden | 3:08.7 | +6.8s | 6 | 22 | 6. |  | 3. Johanna Waalberg |  Netherlands | 3:10.4 | +8.5s | 1 | 16 | 7. |  | 4. Hanni Hölzner |  Germany | 3:11.0 | +9.1s | 2 | 23 | 9. |  | 5. Dorothy June Schiller |  United States | 3:17.4 | +15.5s | 3 | 20 | 14. |  | 6. Vera Kingston |  Great Britain | 3:21.7 | +19.8s | 4 | 19 | 17. |  | 7. Joan Langdon |  Canada | 3:24.3 | +22.4s | 7 | 13 | 20. | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Martha Genenger Engfeld |  Germany | 3:02.9 | +1.0s OR | 4 | 24 | 2. |  | 2. Jennie Kastein |  Netherlands | 3:07.8 | +5.9s | 5 | 23 | 4. |  | 3. Unoko Tsuboi |  Japan | 3:15.0 | +13.1s | 3 | 18 | 11. |  | 4. Anja Lappalainen-Levamo |  Finland | 3:19.1 | +17.2s | 1 | 18 | 15. |  | 5. Anne Govednik |  United States | 3:25.3 | +23.4s | 2 | 20 | 21. |  | -. Elfriede Freudenreich |  Austria | DNS |  | 6 | 33 | -. | 
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 | | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Hideko Maehata |  Japan | 3:01.9 | OR | 3 | 22 | 1. |  | 2. Valborg Marie Christensen |  Denmark | 3:12.0 | +10.1s | 6 | 19 | 10. |  | 3. Margaret Olive Gomm |  Great Britain | 3:15.7 | +13.8s | 1 | 15 | 12. |  | 4. Iris Cummings |  United States | 3:21.9 | +20.0s | 2 | 15 | 18. |  | 5. Eliška Boubelová |  Czechoslovakia | 3:25.8 | +23.9s | 4 | 20 | 22. |  | 6. Tenny Wyss |  Switzerland | 3:31.3 | +29.4s | 5 | 20 | 23. | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. |  | 1. Gertrude Wollschlager |  Germany | 3:08.5 | +6.6s | 3 | 23 | 5. |  | 2. Doris Storey |  Great Britain | 3:10.8 | +8.9s | 4 | 16 | 8. |  | 3. Maria Lenk |  Brazil | 3:17.2 | +15.3s | 5 | 21 | 13. |  | 4. Edel Marie Vilhelmine Nielsen |  Denmark | 3:21.3 | +19.4s | 6 | 24 | 16. |  | 5. Johanna Margaretha Stroomberg |  Netherlands | 3:22.5 | +20.6s | 1 | 17 | 19. |  | -. Josefine Steiner |  Austria | DNS |  | 2 | 29 | -. | 
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