Final | time | gap | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Adrie Lasterie | Netherlands | 4:52.4 | | 1:08.2 | 2:21.1 | 3:37.1 | 2. Ineke Tigelaar | Netherlands | 4:57.3 | +4.9s | 1:10.2 | 2:26.1 | 3:42.1 | 3. Elizabeth Ljungren | Sweden | 4:58.1 | +5.7s | 1:10.9 | 2:26.7 | 3:42.1 | 4. Margaret Rylander | Sweden | 4:58.1 | +5.7s | 1:08.8 | 2:25.1 | 3:42.4 | 5. Elizabeth Long | Great Britain | 4:58.2 | +5.8s | 1:09.6 | 2:26.6 | 3:43.5 | 6. Helga Zimmermann | East Germany | 5:05.9 | +13.5s | 1:09.8 | 2:27.0 | 3:45.1 | 7. Annie Vanacker | France | 5:10.6 | +18.2s | 1:10.5 | 2:28.8 | 3:50.0 | 8. Hilda Zeier | Yugoslavia | 5:12.5 | +20.1s | 1:1?.1 | 2:30.7 | 3:52.8 |
World Record: Chris von Saltza, United States 4:44.5 1960
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Heats - Tuesday, 21st August |
Heat 1 | time | Rk. | 1. Ineke Tigelaar | Netherlands | 5:01.2 | 5. | 2. Annie Vanacker | France | 5:08.2 | 7. | 3. Hilda Zeier | Yugoslavia | 5:09.8 | 8. | 4. Gabriele Nimmrich | Austria | 5:13.5 | 11. | 5. Katalin Takacs | Hungary | 5:17.8 | 12. | 6. Anna DuDuczynska | Poland | 5:27.8 | 18. | 7. Tone Brit Korsvold | Norway | 5:45.5 | 22. | -. Svetlana Nikolskaya | Soviet Union | DNS | |
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Heat 2 | time | Rk. | 1. Margaret Rylander | Sweden | 4:58.9 | 3. | 2. Helga Zimmermann | East Germany | 5:05.9 | 6. | 3. Daniela Beneck | Italt | 5:12.4 | 9. | 4. Susan Soper | Great Britain | 5:23.3 | 13. | 5. Natalya Michaylova | Soviet Union | 5:23.4 | 14. | 6. Anna Duczynska | Poland | 5:27.8 | 18. | 7. Christina Balaban | Romania | 5:40.0 | 21. |
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Heat 3 | time | Rk. | 1. Adrie Lasterie | Netherlands | 4:53.5 | 1. | 2. Elizabeth Ljungren | Sweden | 4:58.5 | 2. | 3. Elizabeth Long | Great Britain | 5:06.5 | 4. | 4. Heda Ducoulombrier-Frost | France | 5:12.8 | 10. | 5. Costolli | Italy | 5:23.7 | 15. | 6. Maria Balester | Spain | 5:25.0 | 16. | 7. Maria Komisarek | Poland | 5:27.7 | 17. | 8. Karin Mueller | Switzerland | 5:33.8 | 20. |
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