| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brooke Bennett | USA | 4:05.80 | 1. | | 2. Diana Munz | USA | 4:07.07 | 4. | | 3. Claudia Poll | CRC | 4:07.83 | 2. | | 4. Janelle Atkinson | JAM | 4:08.79 | 3. | | 5. Nadezhda Chemezova | RUS | 4:10.37 | 6. | | 6. Hannah Stockbauer | GER | 4:10.38 | 7. | | 7. Carla Geurts | NED | 4:12.36 | 8. | | 8. Chen Hua | CHN | 4:13.11 | 5. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Chen Hua | CHN | 4:10.56 | 5. | | 2. Hannah Stockbauer | GER | 4:10.76 | 7. | | 3. Flavia Rigamonti | SUI | 4:11.77 | 9. | | 4. Kirsten Vlieghuis | NED | 4:11.87 | 10. | | 5. Sachiko Yamada | JPN | 4:12.45 | 12. | | 6. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 4:13.10 | 15. | | 7. Karine Legault | CAN | 4:15.55 | 19. | | 8. Sarah-Jane D'Arcy | AUS | 4:18.05 | 27. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Diana Munz | USA | 4:10.39 | 4. | | 2. Nadezhda Chemezova | RUS | 4:10.76 | 6. | | 3. Camelia Potec | ROU | 4:11.92 | 11. | | 4. Simona Păduraru | ROU | 4:13.89 | 16. | | 5. Irina Ufimtseva | RUS | 4:15.41 | 17. | | 6. Kasey Giteau | AUS | 4:15.54 | 18. | | 7. Sofie Goffin | BEL | 4:15.93 | 20. | | 8. Yasuko Tajima | JPN | 4:17.23 | 23. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brooke Bennett | USA | 4:07.57 | 1. | | 2. Claudia Poll | CRC | 4:09.33 | 2. | | 3. Janelle Atkinson | JAM | 4:09.61 | 3. | | 4. Carla Geurts | NED | 4:10.86 | 8. | | 5. Nataliya Baranovskaya | BLR | 4:12.67 | 13. | | 6. Chantal Strasser | SUI | 4:16.17 | 21. | | 7. Risztov Éva | HUN | 4:18.48 | 29. | | 8. Olena Lapunova | UKR | 4:19.96 | 32. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Laëtitia Choux | FRA | 4:13.09 | 14. | | 2. Artemis Dafni | GRE | 4:16.94 | 22. | | 3. Angels Bardina | ESP | 4:17.55 | 24. | | 4. Lin Chi-Chan | TPE | 4:17.76 | 25. | | 5. Hana Černá | CZE | 4:17.96 | 26. | | 6. Sara Goffi | ITA | 4:18.16 | 28. | | 7. No Ju-Hui | KOR | 4:25.66 | 37. | | 8. Pilin Tachakittiranan | THA | 4:29.28 | 39. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ivanka Moralieva | BUL | 4:19.10 | 30. | | 2. Vesna Stojanovska | MKD | 4:19.69 | 31. | | 3. Patricia Villareal | MEX | 4:21.03 | 33. | | 4. Chantal Gibney | IRE | 4:23.73 | 34. | | 5. Nataliya Korabelnikova | KGZ | 4:24.29 | 35. | | 6. Christel Bouvron | SIN | 4:25.16 | 36. | | 7. Adi Bichman | ISR | 4:27.33 | 38. |
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