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Date: 1 August 1948 / 2 August 1948 / 3 August 1948
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Nel van Vliet | NED | 2:57.2 |
| 2 | Beatrice Nancy Lyons | AUS | 2:57.7 |
| 3 | Eva Novak | HUN | 3:00.2 |
| 4 | Eva Szekely | HUN | 3:02.5 |
| 5 | Janny de Groot | NED | 3:06.2 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Church | GBR | 3:06.1 |
| 7 | Tonnie Horn | NED | 3:07.5 |
| 8 | Jytte Hansen | DEN | 3:08.1 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Yvonne Van de Kerckhove | BEL | 3:09.7 |
| 10 | Margit Leskinen | FIN | 3:10.0 |
| 11 | Jacqueline Bertrand | FRA | 3:13.1 |
| 12 | Liselotte Kobi | SUI | 3:13.9 |
| 13 | Dorotea Turnbull | ARG | 3:14.4 |
| 13 | Jean Caplin | GBR | 3:14.4 |
| 15 | Elenor Gordon | GBR | 3:15.8 |
| 16 | Irene Strong | CAN | 3:16.9 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Jeanne Wilson | USA | 3:18.3 |
| 18 | Anna Olafsdottir | ISL | 3:19.9 |
| 19 | Clara LaMore | USA | 3:23.6 |
| 20 | Thordis Arnadottir | ISL | 3:26.1 |
| 21 | Helga Diederichsen | MEX | 3:27.8 |
| 22 | Carol "Penny" Pence | USA | 3:28.1 |