| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Iana Klochkova |  UKR | 4:34.83 | 1. | | 2. Kaitlin Sandeno |  USA | 4:34.95 | 2. | | 3. Georgina Bardach |  ARG | 4:37.51 | 3. | | 4. Éva Risztov |  HUN | 4:39.29 | 3. | | 5. Joanna Melo |  BRA | 4:40.00 | 6. | | 6. Nicole Hetzer |  GER | 4:40.20 | 5. | | 7. Nam Yu-Seon |  KOR | 4:50.35 | 8. | | 8. Vasiliki Angelopoulou |  GRE | 4:50.85 | 7. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Iana Klochkova | UKR | 4:38.36 | 1. | | 2. Kaitlin Sandeno | USA | 4:40.21 | 2. | | 3. Joanna Melo | BRA | 4:42.01 | 6. | | 4. Vasiliki Angelopoulou | GRE | 4:44.90 | 7. | | 5. Misa Amano |  JPN | 4:45.61 | 10. | | 6. Beatrice Coadă-Căşlaru |  ROU | 4:46.94 | 14. | | 7. Zsuzsanna Jakabos | HUN | 4:47.21 | 15. | | 8. Lin Man-Hsu |  TPE | 4:52.22 | 20. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Éva Risztov | HUN | 4:41.20 | 3. | | 2. Elizabeth Warden |  CAN | 4:46.27 | 11. | | 3. Anja Klinar |  SLO | 4:46.66 | 13. | | 4. Alessia Filippi |  ITA | 4:47.26 | 16. | | 5. Teresa Rohmann | GER | 4:48.51 | 18. | | 6. Jennifer Reilly |  AUS | 4:49.04 | 19. | | -. Zhang Tianyi |  CHN | | |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Georgina Bardach | ARG | 4:41.20 | 3. | | 2. Nicole Hetzer | GER | 4:41.74 | 5. | | 3. Nam Yu-Seon | KOR | 4:45.16 | 8. | | 4. Helen Norfolk |  NZL | 4:45.21 | 9. | | 5. Lara Carroll | AUS | 4:46.32 | 12. | | 6. Katie Hoff | USA | 4:47.49 | 17. | | 7. Yana Martynova |  RUS | 4:52.96 | 21. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn |  THA | 5:00.06 | 22. | | 2. Ana Dangalakova |  BUL | 5:01.00 | 23. | | 3. Sabria Dahane |  ALG | 5:10.20 | 24. |
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