| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Nel van Vliet |  Netherlands | 2:56.6 | | | | | 2. Eva Szekely |  Hungary | 2:57.9 | | +1.3s | | | 3. Jannie de Groot | Netherlands | 3:00.5 | | +3.9s | | | 4. Eva Novak | Hungary | 3:04:0 | | +7.4s | | | 5. Elizabeth Church |  Great Britain | 3:06:6 | | +10.0s | | | 6. Margit Leskinen |  Finland | 3:08:5 | | +11,9s | | | 6. Jeanne van de Kerckhove |  Belgium | 3:08:5 | | +11.9s | |
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| World and European Record: Nel van Vliet, Netherlands |
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Heats Saturday, 13th September 15:00 | | Best 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd advanced to Final. |
| Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Nel van Vliet | Netherlands | 2:55.6 | | | 2 | | 2. Elizabeth Church | Great Britain | 3:06.8 | | +11.2s | 4 | | 3. Liselotte Kobi |  Switzerland | 3:12.0 | NR | +16.4s | 5 | | 4. Rina Bursens | Belgium | 3:13.3 | | +17.7s | 3 | | 5. Jacqueline Bertrand |  France | 3:13.9 | | +18.3s | 1 |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Eva Szekely | Hungary | 2:56.1 | NR | | 5 | | 2. Jannie de Groot | Netherlands | 3:01.9 | | +5.8s | 1 | | 3. Margit Leskinen | Finland | 3:08.8 | | +12.7s | 2 | | 4. Elenor Gordon | Great Britain | 3:16.2 | | +20.1s | 4 | | 5. Sara Scipioni |  Italy | 3:29.3 | | +33.2s | 3 |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Eva Novak | Hungary | 3:04.0 | | | 3 | | 2. Jeanne van de Kerckhove | Belgium | 3:06.1 | | +2.1s | 4 | | 3. Vlasta Prastlova |  Czechoslovakia | 3:09.4 | NR | +5.4s | 6 | | 4. Greta Sonnensen |  Denmark | 3:11.5 | | +7.4s | 2 | | 5. Marianne Fernlund |  Sweden | 3:16.0 | | +12.0s | 5 | | 6. Roma Mengaziol | Italy | 3:18.8 | | +14.8s | 1 |
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| Ranking | | time | FR | | 1. Van Vliet | Netherlands | 2:49.2 | | 2. J. de Groot | Netherlands | 2:58.5 | | 3. Hav-riag | Netherlands | 2:59.2 | | 4. Sonensen | Denmark | 3:02.3 | | 5. Fernlund | Sweden | 3:03.0 | | 5. Novak | Hungary | 3:03.0 | | 7. Van Broekoven | Netherlands | 3:03.2 | | 7. Szekely | Hungary | 3:03.2 | | 9. Laven | Netherlands | 3:03.5 | | 10.V. de Kerkhove | Netherlands | 3:04.0 |
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