| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sybil Bauer |  USA | 1:23.2 | 1. | | 2. Phyllis Harding |  GBR | 1:27.4 | 2. | | 3. Aileen Riggin | USA | 1:28.2 | 3. | | 4. Florence Chambers | USA | 1:30.8 | 4. | | 5. Jarmila Müllerová |  TCH | 1:31.2 | 5. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sybil Bauer | USA | 1:24.0 | 1. | | 2. Phyllis Harding | GBR | 1:29.6 | 2. | | 3. Florence Chambers | USA | 1:32.0 | 4. | | 4. Ellen King | GBR | 1:38.2 | 6. | | 5. Lucienne Rouet |  FRA | 1:43.8 | 8. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aileen Riggin | USA | 1:29.6 | 3. | | 2. Jarmila Müllerová | TCH | 1:37.0 | 5. | | 3. Helen Boyle | GBR | 1:43.0 | 7. | | 4. Alice Stoffel | FRA | 1:44.0 | 9. | | 5. Renée Brasseur |  LUX | 1:51.4 | 10. |
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