| Ranking | Swimmers | time | L | H |
| 1. |  United States | Allison Schmitt 1:55.95
Missy Franklin 1:57.03
Melanie Margalis 1:57.04
Cierra Runge 1:57.75 | 7:47.77 | 4 | 2 |
| 2. |  Australia | Leah Neale 1:57.06
Bronte Barratt 1:56.85
Tamsin Cook 1:57.35
Jessica Ashwood 1:57.98 | 7:49.24 | 3 | 1 |
| 3. |  China | Ai Yanhan 1:57.20
Zhang Yuhan 1:56.38
Dong Jie 1:57.45
Wang Shijia 1:58.55 | 7:49.58 | 5 | 2 |
| 4. |  Russia | Viktoriya Andreeva 1:57.82
Arina Openysheva 1:57.67
Daria Mullakaeva 1:57.85
Veronika Popova 1:57.18 | 7:50.52 NR | 2 | 1 |
| 5. |  Hungary | Evelyn Verrasztó 1:58.81
Ajna Késely 1:58.93
Boglárka Kapás 1:57.77
Katinka Hosszú 1:55.66 | 7:51.17 | 8 | 2 |
| 6. |  Canada | Katerine Savard 1:57.96
Taylor Ruck 1:56.25
Emily Overholt 1:58.29
Kennedy Goss 1:59.49 | 7:51.99 | 7 | 1 |
| 7. |  Japan | Chihiro Igarashi 1:57.18 NR
Rikako Ikee 1:57.71
Tomomi Aoki 1:57.39
Sachi Mochida 2:00.22 | 7:52.50 | 6 | 1 |
| 8. |  Sweden | Louise Hansson 2:00.07
Michelle Coleman 1:56.93
Ida Marko-Varga 1:59.27
Sarah Sjöström 1:57.16 | 7:53.43 | 5 | 1 |
| eliminated |
| 9. |  Great Britain | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor 1:57.47
Georgia Coates 1:58.59
Hannah Miley 1:58.66
Camilla Hattersley 1:59.45 | 7:54.17 | 3 | 2 |
| 10. |  France | Coralie Balmy 1:57.38
Cloé Hache 2:01.52
Charlotte Bonnet 1:58.15
Margaux Fabre 1:58.50 | 7:55.55 | 2 | 2 |
| 11. |  Brazil | Manuella Lyrio 1:58.39
Cavalheiro Jéssica 1:59.05
Gabrielle Roncatto 2:00.09
Larissa Oliveira 1:58.15 | 7:55.68 Sa | 7 | 2 |
| 12. |  Germany | Annika Bruhn 1:59.28
Leonie Kullmann 1:59.04
Paulina Schmiedel 2:01.24
Sarah Köhler 1:57.18 | 7:56.74 | 1 | 2 |
| 13. |  Italy | Alice Mizzau 1:59.74
Martina de Memme 2:00.54
Chiara Masini Lucetti 2:00.98
Federica Pellegrini 1:56.48 | 7:57.74 | 4 | 1 |
| 14. |  Netherlands | Marrit Steenbergen 2:00.80
Esmee Vermeulen 1:59.07
Andrea Kneppers 1:59.86
Robin Neumann 1:59.01 | 7:58.74 | 1 | 1 |
| 15. |  Slovenia | Janja Šegel 1:59.81
Anja Klinar 2:00.74
Tjaša Pintar 1:59.25
Tjaša Oder 2:02.42 | 8:02.22 | 8 | 1 |
| 16. |  Spain | Melania Costa Schmid 2:00.02
Patricia Castro 1:59.91
Gallardo Fátima 2:00.02
Zamorano África 2:03.79 | 8:03.74 | 6 | 2 |
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