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Date: 7 August 1948
Summary
Final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ann Curtis | USA | 5:17.8 |
| 2 | Karen Margrethe Harup | DEN | 5:21.2 |
| 3 | Catherine Gibson | GBR | 5:22.5 |
| 4 | Fernande Caroen | BEL | 5:25.3 |
| 5 | Brenda Helser | USA | 5:26.0 |
| 6 | Piedade Coutinho | BRA | 5:29.4 |
| 7 | Fritze Carstensen | DEN | 5:29.4 |
| 8 | Nancy Lees | USA | 5:32.9 |