| Final 17:30 | time | gap |
| | 1. Martha Genenger |  Germany | 3:09.2 | | | 2. Hanni Holzner | Germany | 3:09.3 | +0.1s | | 3. Inger Kragh |  Denmark | 3:13.2 | +4.0s | | 4. Margery Hinton |  Great Britain | 3:16.3 | +7.1s | | 5. Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:16.4 | +7.2s | | 5. Fransje Hessels |  Netherlands | 3:16.4 | +7.2s |
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Heats - Sunday, 12th August | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 16:15 | time | Rk. | L | | 1. Hanni Holzner | Germany | 3:09.6 | 1. | 5 | | 2. Inger Kragh | Denmark | 3:17.3 | 4. | 1 | | 3. Jenny Kastein | Netherlands | 3:22.2 | 7. | 4 | | -. Wuerfelova |  Czechoslovakia | | | 1 | | -. Carmen Soriano |  Spain | | | 3 |
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| Heat 2 16:25 | time | Rk. | L | | 1. Martha Genenger | Germany | 3:12.4 | 2. | 4 | | 2. Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:17.0 | 3. | 3 | | 3. Margery Hinton | Great Britain | 3:18.0 | 5. | 1 | | 4. Fransje Hessels | Netherlands | 3:21.0 | 6. | 2 |
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