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Date: 8 August 1936 / 9 August 1936 / 11 August 1936
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Hideko Maehata | JPN | 3:03.6 |
| 2 | Martha Genenger | GER | 3:04.2 |
| 3 | Inge Sorensen | DEN | 3:07.8 |
| 4 | Hanni Holzner | GER | 3:09.5 |
| 4 | Jopie Waalberg | NED | 3:09.5 |
| 6 | Doris Storey | GBR | 3:09.7 |
| 7 | Jenny Kastein | NED | 3:12.8 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 8 | Trude Wollschlager | GER | 3:10.3 |
| 9 | Kerstin Isberg | SWE | 3:11.4 |
| 10 | Valborg Christensen | DEN | 3:14.1 |
| 11 | Margaret Gomm | GBR | 3:15.8 |
| 12 | Maria Zigler | BRA | 3:17.7 |
| 13 | Unoko Tsuboi | JPN | 3:18.4 |
| 14 | Dorothy Schiller | USA | 3:18.5 |
| Heats | |||
| 15 | Anja Lappalainen | FIN | 3:19.1 |
| 16 | Edel Nielsen | DEN | 3:21.3 |
| 17 | Vera Kingston | GBR | 3:21.7 |
| 18 | Iris Cummings | USA | 3:21.9 |
| 19 | Jo Stroomberg | NED | 3:22.5 |
| 20 | Joan Langdon | CAN | 3:24.3 |
| 21 | Ann Govednik | USA | 3:25.3 |
| 22 | Eliska Boubelova | TCH | 3:25.8 |
| 23 | Tenny Wyss | SUI | 3:31.3 |