| Final | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | 200m | 400m | 600m | | Final | | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | Heat F W_F_1500m | Back | Butter | Breast | | 1. Hannah Stockbauer |  Germany | 16:00.18 | CR | 3 | 21 | 1000 | 4:16.30 | 8:32.47 | 12:49.28 | | 2. Hayley Peirsol |  United States | 16:09.64 | +9.46s | 1 | 17 | 986 | 4:16.87 | 8:36.47 | 12:56.55 | | 3. Jana Henke | Germany | 16:10.13 | +9.95s | 5 | 29 | 985 | 4:18.15 | 8:38.15 | 12:57.01 | | 4. Regina Sych |  Russia | 16:13.13 | +12.95s | 8 | 16 | 980 | 4:19.60 | 8:42.02 | 13:00.54 | | 5. Diana Munz | United States | 16:14.28 | +14.10s | 2 | 21 | 979 | 4:16.75 | 8:36.68 | 12:58.20 | | 6. Brittany Reimer |  Canada | 16:15.98 | +15.80s | 6 | 15 | 976 | 4:17.08 | 8:38.36 | 12:59.40 | | 7. Rebecca Cooke |  Great Britain | 16:20.41 | +20.23s | 7 | 20 | 970 | 4:16.98 | 8:38.83 | 13:03.55 | | 8. Hua Chen |  China | 16:29.06 | +28.88s | 4 | 21 | 957 | 4:17.19 | 8:39.19 | 13:06.54 |
| World Record: Janet Evans, United States 15:52.10 Orlando, FL, United States 26th March 1988 | | World Championship Record: Hannah Stockbauer, Germany 16:01.02 Fukuoka, Japan 28th July 2001 |
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Heats - Monday, 21st June | | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
| Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | | Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Heat 3 W_F_1500m | Back | Butter | Breast | | 1. Hannah Stockbauer | Germany | 16:15.95 | +0.40s | 4 | 21 | 976 | 3. | 4:15.98 | 8:37.25 | 13:00.73 | | 2. Brittany Reimer | Canada | 16:16.21 | +0.66s | 3 | 15 | 976 | 4. | 4:16.23 | 8:37.53 | 13:00.91 | | 3. Simona Paduraru |  Romania | 16:25.50 | +9.95s | 6 | 21 | 962 | 9. | 4:19.11 | 8:42.46 | 13:08.32 | | 4. Jana Pechanova |  Czechia | 16:39.75 | +24.20s | 1 | 22 | 941 | 15. | 4:21.45 | 8:48.17 | 13:16.78 | | 5. Nayara Ribeiro Ledoux |  Brazil | 16:43.97 | +28.42s | 2 | 19 | 935 | 17. | 4:28.80 | 8:57.84 | 13:24.58 | | 6. Sachiko Yamada |  Japan | 16:45.48 | +29.93s | 5 | 20 | 932 | 18. | 4:21.93 | 8:52.10 | 13:23.51 | | 7. Sarah Paton |  Australia | 16:57.10 | +41.55s | 7 | 16 | 915 | 19. | 4:23.66 | 8:53.01 | 13:28.59 | | 8. Andrea De Leon |  Uruguay | 18:05.05 | +1:49.50 | 8 | _ | 815 | 23. | 4:44.24 | 9:34.54 | 14:27.38 |
| Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | | Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Heat 2 W_F_1500m | Back | Butter | Breast | | 1. Hua Chen | China | 16:15.55 | | 5 | 21 | 977 | 1. | 4:17.38 | 8:39.58 | 13:02.37 | | 2. Diana Munz | United States | 16:16.78 | +1.23s | 4 | 21 | 975 | 5. | 4:17.33 | 8:39.56 | 13:02.38 | | 3. Hayley Peirsol | United States | 16:20.34 | +4.79s | 8 | 17 | 970 | 7. | 4:18.93 | 8:40.73 | 13:03.59 | | 4. Erika Villaecija |  Spain | 16:32.17 | +16.62s | 7 | 19 | 952 | 11. | 4:21.04 | 8:47.39 | 13:14.98 | | 5. Ai Shibata | Japan | 16:32.19 | +16.64s | 2 | 21 | 952 | 12. | 4:22.72 | 8:46.31 | 13:12.59 | | 6. Taryn Lencoe | Canada | 16:35.83 | +20.28s | 3 | 17 | 947 | 13. | 4:23.63 | 8:50.72 | 13:17.05 | | 7. Reka Nagy |  Hungary | 16:41.81 | +26.26s | 6 | 16 | 938 | 16. | 4:21.39 | 8:49.05 | 13:18.56 | | 8. Anja Carman |  Slovenia | 16:58.64 | +43.09s | 1 | 18 | 913 | 20. | 4:25.10 | 8:57.25 | 13:32.65 |
| Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | | Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Heat 1 W_F_1500m | Back | Butter | Breast | | 1. Jana Henke | Germany | 16:15.93 | +0.38s | 4 | 29 | 976 | 2. | 4:16.43 | 8:36.98 | 12:59.52 | | 2. Rebecca Cooke | Great Britain | 16:17.95 | +2.40s | 5 | 20 | 973 | 6. | 4:15.12 | 8:37.27 | 13:00.73 | | 3. Regina Sych | Russia | 16:23.33 | +7.78s | 2 | 16 | 965 | 8. | 4:21.48 | 8:45.09 | 13:06.95 | | 4. Olga Beresnyeva |  Ukraine | 16:27.76 | +12.21s | 1 | 17 | 959 | 10. | 4:20.85 | 8:44.22 | 13:09.14 | | 5. Amanda Pascoe | Australia | 16:38.70 | +23.15s | 6 | 18 | 942 | 14. | 4:21.73 | 8:46.43 | 13:15.21 | | 6. Maria Bulakhova | Russia | 17:00.55 | +45.00s | 7 | 14 | 910 | 21. | 4:26.00 | 8:59.75 | 13:35.71 | | 7. Yan Zhang | China | 17:14.85 | +59.30s | 3 | 18 | 889 | 22. | 4:26.11 | 9:01.95 | 13:44.71 |
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