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Date: 5 August 1948 / 6 August 1948 / 7 August 1948
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| 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 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Colette Thomas | FRA | 5:35.6 |
| 9 | Denise Spencer | AUS | 5:35.6 |
| 11 | Margaret Wellington | GBR | 5:38.2 |
| 12 | Patricia Nielsen | GBR | 5:39.5 |
| 13 | Magda Bruggemann | MEX | 5:42.4 |
| 14 | Eileen Holt | ARG | 5:52.4 |
| 15 | Vivien King | CAN | 5:52.7 |
| 16 | Gisela Thidholm | SWE | |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Kathleen McNamee | CAN | 5:58.7 |
| 18 | Enriqueta Duarte | ARG | 6:14.4 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Greta Andersen | DEN | ||