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Date: 24 July 1976 / 24 July 1976
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ulrike Tauber | GDR | 4:42.77 |
| 2 | Cheryl Gibson | CAN | 4:48.10 |
| 3 | Becky Smith | CAN | 4:50.48 |
| 4 | Birgit Treiber | GDR | 4:52.40 |
| 5 | Sabine Kahle | GDR | 4:53.50 |
| 6 | Donnalee Wennerstrom | USA | 4:55.34 |
| 7 | Joann Baker | CAN | 5:00.19 |
| 8 | Monique Rodahl | NZL | 5:00.21 |
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| 9 | Judith Hudson | AUS | 5:00.25 |
| 10 | Susan Hunter | NZL | 5:03.82 |
| 11 | Susan Richardson | GBR | 5:06.39 |
| 12 | Colette Crabbe | BEL | 5:06.87 |
| 13 | Lynne Rowe | NZL | 5:09.21 |
| 14 | Anne Adams | GBR | 5:09.60 |
| 15 | Jeanne Haney | USA | 5:10.53 |
| 16 | Ann Bradshaw | GBR | 5:10.82 |
| 17 | Natalia Popova | URS | 5:15.75 |
| 18 | Pierrette Michel | BEL | 5:15.86 |
| 19 | Allison Smith | AUS | 5:17.51 |
| 20 | Nancy Deano | PHI | 5:34.89 |
| Did not start | |||
| Susanne Schultz Nielsson | DEN | ||
| Sansanee Changkasiri | THA | ||
| Shirley Babashoff | USA | ||
| Gabriella Verraszto | HUN | ||