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Date: 5 August 1948 / 6 August 1948
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Marie Corridon; Thelma Kalama; Brenda Helser; Ann Curtis | USA | 4:29.2 |
| 2 | Eva Riise; Karen Margrethe Harup; Greta Andersen; Fritze Carstensen { + Elvi Carlsen} | DEN | 4:29.6 |
| 3 | Irma Schumacher; Margot Marsman; Marie-Louise Vaessen; Hannie Termeulen | NED | 4:31.6 |
| 4 | Patricia Nielsen; Margaret Wellington; Lillian Preece; Catherine Gibson | GBR | 4:34.7 |
| 5 | Maria Littomeritzky; Ilona Novak; Judit Temes; Eva Szekely { + Eva Novak} | HUN | 4:44.8 |
| 6 | Eleonora Schmitt; Maria da Costa; Talita Rodrigues; Piedade Coutinho | BRA | 4:49.1 |
| 7 | Josette Arene; Gisele Vallerey; Colette Thomas; Ginette Jany { + Marie Foucher-Creteau} | FRA | 4:49.8 |
| 8 | Gisela Thidholm; Elisabeth Ahlgren; Marianne Lundquist; Ingegard Fredin | SWE | |
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| 9 | Maria Huybrechts; Maria Oyen; Maria Van den Brende; Fernande Caroen | BEL | 4:54.9 |
| 10 | Enriqueta Duarte; Liliana Gonzalias; Adriana Camelli; Eileen Holt | ARG | 4:59.5 |
| 11 | Kathleen McNamee; Joyce Court; Vivien King; Irene Strong | CAN | 5:04.5 |