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Date: 24 October 1968 / 25 October 1968
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Claudia Kolb | USA | 5:08.5 |
| 2 | Lynn Vidali | USA | 5:22.2 |
| 3 | Sabine Steinbach | GDR | 5:25.3 |
| 4 | Susan Pedersen | USA | 5:25.8 |
| 5 | Shelagh Ratcliffe | GBR | 5:30.5 |
| 6 | Marianne Seydel | GDR | 5:32.0 |
| 7 | Tui Shipston | NZL | 5:34.6 |
| 8 | Laura Vaca | MEX | 5:35.7 |
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| 9 | Eva Sigg | FIN | 5:37.3 |
| 10 | Diana Rickard | AUS | 5:37.8 |
| 11 | Larisa Zakharova | URS | 5:38.6 |
| 12 | Hennie Penterman | NED | 5:38.8 |
| 13 | Eva Wittke | GDR | 5:40.6 |
| 14 | Susan Eddy | AUS | 5:42.2 |
| 15 | Maria Nikolova | BUL | 5:45.2 |
| 16 | Norma Amezcua | MEX | 5:47.9 |
| 17 | Tamara Oynick | MEX | 5:48.4 |
| 18 | Heli Matzdorf | FRG | 5:50.5 |
| 19 | Consuelo Changanaqui | PER | 5:52.2 |
| 20 | Patricia Olano | COL | 5:52.6 |
| 21 | Yvonne Tobis | ISR | 5:53.8 |
| 22 | Carla Galle | BEL | 5:55.2 |
| 23 | Kirsten Campbell | DEN | 5:59.0 |
| 24 | Olga de Angulo | COL | 6:00.6 |
| 25 | Ruth Apt | URU | 6:04.5 |
| 26 | Hedy Garcia | PHI | 6:07.3 |
| 27 | Nelly Syro | COL | 6:13.1 |
| 28 | Shen Bao-Ni | TPE | 6:21.5 |
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| Carmen Ferracuti | ESA | ||
| Felicia Ospitaletche | URU | ||
| Patricia Chan | SIN | ||
| Novella Calligaris | ITA | ||
| Prudence Chapman | NZL | ||
| Adriana Comolli | ARG | ||
| Kristina Moir | PUR | ||
| Marta Egervary | HUN | ||
| Daniele Dorleans | FRA | ||