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Date: 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952 / 29 July 1952
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Eva Szekely | HUN | 2:51.7 |
| 2 | Eva Novak | HUN | 2:54.4 |
| 3 | Helen Gordon | GBR | 2:57.6 |
| 4 | Klara Killermann | HUN | 2:57.6 |
| 5 | Jytte Hansen | DEN | 2:57.8 |
| 6 | Marija Gavrish | URS | 2:58.9 |
| 7 | Ulla-Britt Eklund | SWE | 3:01.8 |
| 8 | Petronella Garritsen | NED | 3:02.1 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Elisabeth Bonnier | NED | 3:00.3 |
| 10 | Hendrika Bruins | NED | 3:02.4 |
| 11 | Raymonda Vergauwen | BEL | 3:02.6 |
| 12 | Jean Wrigley | GBR | 3:03.2 |
| 13 | Ursula Happe | GER | 3:03.8 |
| 14 | Kazuko Sakamoto | JPN | 3:04.2 |
| 15 | Beatrice Nancy Lyons | AUS | 3:05.6 |
| 16 | Kaija Makela | FIN | 3:06.2 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Valerie Harris | GBR | 3:04.6 |
| 18 | Masayo Aoki | JPN | 3:05.6 |
| 19 | Odette Lusien | FRA | 3:06.7 |
| 20 | Vera Kostina | URS | 3:07.3 |
| 21 | Kirsten Jensen | DEN | 3:07.5 |
| 22 | Eileen Ward Petersen | DEN | 3:09.3 |
| 23 | Rosa Zenzivejeva | URS | 3:10.5 |
| 24 | Ilse Alberts | AUT | 3:12.5 |
| 25 | Gail Peters | USA | 3:13.3 |
| 26 | Irene Strong | CAN | 3:13.5 |
| 27 | Delia Sehorn | USA | 3:13.7 |
| 28 | Margrit Knabenhans | SUI | 3:17.4 |
| 29 | Julia Cornell | USA | 3:17.7 |
| 30 | Irene Kwok | HKG | 3:19.2 |
| 31 | Liselotte Kobi | SUI | 3:22.0 |
| 32 | Dolly Nazir | IND | 3:37.9 |
| 33 | Arati Saha | IND | 3:40.8 |
| Disqualified | |||
| Aleksandra Mroz | POL | ||