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Date: 6 August 1948
Summary
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Karen Margrethe Harup | DEN | 5:25.7 |
| 2 | Fernande Caroen | BEL | 5:26.1 |
| 3 | Piedade Coutinho | BRA | 5:31.1 |
| 4 | Nancy Lees | USA | 5:31.9 |
| 5 | Patricia Nielsen | GBR | 5:39.5 |
| 6 | Magda Bruggemann | MEX | 5:42.4 |
| 7 | Vivien King | CAN | 5:52.7 |
| Did not start | |||
| Gisela Thidholm | SWE | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ann Curtis | USA | 5:26.4 |
| 2 | Brenda Helser | USA | 5:28.1 |
| 3 | Fritze Carstensen | DEN | 5:29.5 |
| 4 | Catherine Gibson | GBR | 5:31.0 |
| 5 | Colette Thomas | FRA | 5:35.6 |
| 6 | Denise Spencer | AUS | 5:35.6 |
| 7 | Margaret Wellington | GBR | 5:38.2 |
| 8 | Eileen Holt | ARG | 5:52.4 |