| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ai Shibata |  JPN | 8:24.54 | 3. | | 2. Laure Manaudou |  FRA | 8:24.96 | 1. | | 3. Diana Munz |  USA | 8:26.61 | 4. | | 4. Kalyn Keller | USA | 8:26.97 | 6. | | 5. Erika Villaecija |  ESP | 8:29.04 | 7. | | 6. Rebecca Cooke |  GBR | 8:29.37 | 2. | | 7. Jana Henke |  GER | 8:33.95 | 5. | | 8. Simona Păduraru |  ROU | 8:37.02 | 8. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 8:25.91 | 1. | | 2. Kalyn Keller | USA | 8:32.36 | 6. | | 3. Erika Villaecija | ESP | 8:33.61 | 7. | | 4. Chen Hua |  CHN | 8:36.24 | 11. | | 5. Flavia Rigamonti |  SUI | 8:38.10 | 13. | | 6. Hannah Stockbauer | GER | 8:38.17 | 14. | | 7. Kristel Köbrich |  CHI | 8:40.41 | 15. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rebecca Cooke | GBR | 8:28.47 | 2. | | 2. Ai Shibata | JPN | 8:30.08 | 3. | | 3. Linda MacKenzie |  AUS | 8:35.90 | 10. | | 4. Sachiko Yamada | JPN | 8:36.48 | 12. | | 5. Camelia Potec | ROU | 8:41.20 | 16. | | 6. Jana Pechanová |  CZE | 8:47.38 | 19. | | 7. Rebecca Linton |  NZL | 9:02.41 | 24. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Diana Munz | USA | 8:30.87 | 4. | | 2. Jana Henke | GER | 8:31.06 | 5. | | 3. Simona Păduraru | ROU | 8:34.15 | 8. | | 4. Sarah Paton | AUS | 8:35.81 | 9. | | 5. Brittany Reimer |  CAN | 8:41.55 | 17. | | 6. Marianna Lyberta |  GRE | 8:42.65 | 18. | | 7. Olha Beresneva |  UKR | 8:57.96 | 20. | | 8. Ivanka Moralieva |  BUL | 9:03.13 | 26. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Golda Marcus |  ESA | 8:59.81 | 21. | | 2. Gwon Yu-Ri |  KOR | 9:01.42 | 22. | | 3. Jelena Petrova |  EST | 9:01.62 | 23. | | 4. Heather Roffey |  CAY | 9:02.88 | 25. | | 5. Paola Duguet |  COL | 9:06.96 | 27. | | 6. Anita Galić |  CRO | 9:10.91 | 28. | | 7. Khadidja Ciss |  SEN | 9:20.06 | 29. |
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