| Final 12.08 10:23 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 58.96s | 5 | 4. 2. | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 59.19s | 4 | 1. 1. | | 3. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 59.34s | 7 | 7. 6. | | 4. Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 59.38s | 2 | 6. 5. | | 5. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 59.40s | 6 | 3. 4. | | 6. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 59.72s | 3 | 2. 7. | | 7. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 1:00.10 | 8 | 5. 8. | | 8. Hanae Ito | JPN | 1:00.18 | 1 | 4. 7. |
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| Semi 1 11.08 10:05 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 59.43s | 5 | 2. | | 2. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 59.64s | 4 | 3. | | 3. Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 59.79s | 3 | 5. | | 4. Hanae Ito | JPN | 1:00.13 | 6 | 7. | | 5. Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | 1:00.39 | 7 | 10. | | 6. Julia Wilkinson | CAN | 1:00.60 | 2 | 12. | | 7. Sophie Edington | AUS | 1:01.05 | 1 | 13. | | 8. Kseniya Moskvina | RUS | 1:01.06 | 8 | 14. |
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| Semi 2 11.08 10:08 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 58.77s | 4 | 1. | | 2. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 59.77s | 5 | 4. | | 3. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 59.84s | 6 | 6. | | 4. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 1:00.19 | 3 | 8. | | 5. Emily Seebohm | AUS | 1:00.31 | 2 | 9. | | 6. Nina Alexandrovna Zhivanevskaya | ESP | 1:00.50 | 1 | 11. | | 7. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:01.15 | 7 | 15. | | 8. Elizabeth Coster | NZL | 1:01.45 | 8 | 16. |
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| Heat 7 10.08 18:50 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 59.00s | 5 | 1. | | 2. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 59.69s | 4 | 4. | | 3. Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 1:00.11 | 6 | 6. | | 4. Elizabeth Coster | NZL | 1:00.66 | 1 | 15. | | 5. Fabiola Molina | BRA | 1:01.00 | 7 | 18. | | 6. Alexianne Castel | FRA | 1:01.44 | 2 | 23. | | 7. Nikolett Szepesi | HUN | 1:01.77 | 8 | 24. | | -. Jing Zhao | CHN | DQ | 3 | |
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| Heat 6 10.08 18:48 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 59.36s | 6 | 2. | | 2. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 1:00.09 | 5 | 5. | | 3. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 1:00.13 | 4 | 7. | | 4. Hanae Ito | JPN | 1:00.16 | 3 | 8. | | 5. Kseniya Moskvina | RUS | 1:00.70 | 1 | 16. | | 6. Sanja Jovanovic | CRO | 1:01.30 | 2 | 22. | | 7. Iryna Amshennikova | UKR | 1:02.85 | 7 | 37. | | 8. Christin Zenner | GER | 1:03.87 | 8 | 42. |
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| Heat 5 10.08 18:44 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 59.61s | 4 | 3. | | 2. Emily Seebohm | AUS | 1:00.27 | 5 | 9. | | 3. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:00.48 | 8 | 11. | | 4. Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | 1:00.53 | 2 | 12. | | 5. Nina Alexandrovna Zhivanevskaya | ESP | 1:00.54 | 6 | 13. | | 6. Sophie Edington | AUS | 1:00.65 | 3 | 14. | | 7. Tianlongzi Xu | CHN | 1:00.82 | 1 | 17. | | 8. Kateryna Zubkova | UKR | 1:01.25 | 7 | 21. |
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| Heat 4 10.08 18:41 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Julia Wilkinson | CAN | 1:00.38 | 3 | 10. | | 2. Melissa Ingram | NZL | 1:01.24 | 4 | 20. | | 3. Romina Armellini | ITA | 1:02.21 | 6 | 26. | | 3. Anja Carman | SLO | 1:02.21 | 8 | 27. | | 5. Mercedes Peris | ESP | 1:02.30 | 5 | 28. | | 6. Hanna-Maria Seppala | FIN | 1:02.39 | 2 | 30. | | 7. Aisling Margaret Cooney | IRL | 1:02.50 | 1 | 31. | | -. Svetlana Khokhlova | BLR | DNS | 7 | |
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| Heat 3 10.08 18:39 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Carolina Colorado | COL | 1:01.19 | 3 | 19. | | 2. Anna Gostomelsky | ISR | 1:01.87 | 2 | 25. | | 3. Sarah Sjostrom | SWE | 1:02.38 | 1 | 29. | | 4. Alana Dillette | BAH | 1:02.56 | 7 | 32. | | 5. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai | HKG | 1:02.68 | 4 | 34. | | 6. Fernanda Gonzalez | MEX | 1:02.76 | 5 | 35. | | 7. Petra Klosova | CZE | 1:03.36 | 6 | 39. | | 8. Sarah Blake Bateman | ISL | 1:03.82 | 8 | 41. |
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| Heat 2 10.08 18:36 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Zuzanna Mazurek | POL | 1:02.77 | 4 | 36. | | 2. Gisela Morales | GUA | 1:02.92 | 5 | 38. | | 3. Marica Strazmester | SRB | 1:03.56 | 3 | 40. | | 4. Erin Nicole Volcan Smith | VEN | 1:03.90 | 7 | 43. | | 5. Yuyon Kim | KOR | 1:04.63 | 6 | 44. | | 6. Yekaterina Rudenko | KAZ | 1:04.85 | 2 | 45. |
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| Heat 1 10.08 18:33 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kiera Aitken | BER | 1:02.62 | 4 | 33. | | 2. Maria Virginia Baez | PAR | 1:05.39 | 5 | 46. | | 3. Christie Marie Bodden Baca | PAN | 1:07.18 | 3 | 47. |
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