| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Valéria Gyenge | HUN | 5:12.1 | 10.1. | | 2. Éva Novák-Gérard | HUN | 5:13.7 | 3. 3. | | 3. Evelyn Kawamoto | USA | 5:14.6 | 1. 5. | | 4. Carolyn Green | USA | 5:16.5 | 11.2. | | 5. Ragnhild Hveger-Andersen | DEN | 5:16.9 | 4. 4. | | 6. Éva Székely | HUN | 5:17.9 | 5. 3. | | 7. Ana María Schultz | ARG | 5:24.0 | 7. | | 8. Greta Andersen | DEN | 5:27.0 | 7. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Evelyn Kawamoto | USA | 5:21.2 | 5. | | 2. Éva Novák-Gérard | HUN | 5:21.3 | 6. | | 3. Ana María Schultz | ARG | 5:22.0 | 7. | | 4. Greta Andersen | DEN | 5:22.1 | 8. | | 5. Joan Harrison | SAF | 5:23.1 | 9. | | 6. Judy-Joy Davies | AUS | 5:25.6 | 10. | | 7. Piedade Coutinho-da Silva Tavares | BRA | 5:28.5 | 13. | | -. Ana María Schultz | ARG | | |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Valéria Gyenge | HUN | 5:16.9 | 1. | | 2. Carolyn Green | USA | 5:18.3 | 2. | | 3. Éva Székely | HUN | 5:19.3 | 3. | | 4. Ragnhild Hveger-Andersen | DEN | 5:19.5 | 4. | | 5. Daphne Wilkinson | GBR | 5:27.2 | 11. | | 6. Deliana Meulenkamp | USA | 5:27.9 | 12. | | 7. Denise Norton | AUS | 5:30.9 | 14. | | 8. Huguette Peeters | BEL | 5:36.5 | 15. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ana María Schultz | ARG | 5:26.1 | 12. | | 2. Huguette Peeters | BEL | 5:29.8 | 16. | | 3. Mette Ove Petersen | DEN | 5:30.6 | 17. | | 4. Grace Wood | GBR | 5:31.2 | 18. | | 5. Kathleen McNamee | CAN | 5:50.5 | 29. | | 6. Geertje Wielema | NED | 6:02.6 | 34. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ragnhild Hveger-Andersen | DEN | 5:19.6 | 4. | | 2. Éva Székely | HUN | 5:20.9 | 5. | | 3. Judy-Joy Davies | AUS | 5:21.2 | 6. | | 4. Deliana Meulenkamp | USA | 5:21.4 | 8. | | 5. Lillian Preece | GBR | 5:32.1 | 19. | | 6. Sybille Verckist | BEL | 5:40.1 | 24. | | 7. Ritva Järvinen | FIN | 5:53.5 | 31. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Valéria Gyenge | HUN | 5:22.6 | 10. | | 2. Carolyn Green | USA | 5:23.8 | 11. | | 3. Colette Thomas | FRA | 5:36.8 | 22. | | 4. Elisabeth Rechlin | GER | 5:38.0 | 23. | | 5. Hannie Termeulen | NED | 5:45.5 | 27. | | 6. Gladys Priestley | CAN | 5:52.7 | 30. | | 7. Cynthia Eager | HKG | 5:55.8 | 32. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Evelyn Kawamoto | USA | 5:16.6 | 1. | | 2. Daphne Wilkinson | GBR | 5:16.6 | 1. | | 3. Joan Harrison | SAF | 5:21.8 | 9. | | 4. Ingegerd Fredin | SWE | 5:28.7 | 15. | | 5. Ginette Jany-Sendral | FRA | 5:32.6 | 20. | | 6. Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher | NED | 5:45.2 | 26. | | 7. Sadako Yamashita | JPN | 5:48.4 | 28. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Éva Novák-Gérard | HUN | 5:19.1 | 3. | | 2. Greta Andersen | DEN | 5:21.3 | 7. | | 3. Piedade Coutinho-da Silva Tavares | BRA | 5:26.9 | 13. | | 4. Denise Norton | AUS | 5:28.5 | 14. | | 5. Marianne Lundquist | SWE | 5:34.4 | 21. | | 6. Josette Arène-Delmas | FRA | 5:44.1 | 25. | | 7. Misako Tamura | JPN | 5:59.0 | 33. |
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