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Date: 13 August 1936 / 14 August 1936 / 15 August 1936
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Rie Mastenbroek | NED | 5:26.4 |
| 2 | Ragnhild Hveger | DEN | 5:27.5 |
| 3 | Lenore Wingard | USA | |
| 4 | Mary Lou Petty | USA | 5:32.2 |
| 5 | Piedade Coutinho | BRA | 5:35.2 |
| 6 | Kazue Kojima | JPN | 5:43.1 |
| 7 | Grete Frederiksen | DEN | 5:45.0 |
| 8 | Tini Wagner | NED | 5:46.0 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Irma Schramekova | TCH | 5:46.0 |
| 10 | Louisette Fleuret | FRA | 5:46.1 |
| 11 | Hatsuko Morioka | JPN | 5:49.1 |
| 12 | Ans Timmermans | NED | 5:49.4 |
| 13 | Inger Carlsen | DEN | 5:55.0 |
| 14 | Margaret Jeffrey | GBR | 6:07.2 |
| 15 | Borbala Sothy | HUN | 6:11.2 |
| Heats | |||
| 16 | Evelyn de Lacy | AUS | 5:51.9 |
| 17 | Gladys Morcom | GBR | 6:00.8 |
| 18 | Agnes Biro | HUN | 6:14.3 |
| 19 | Vera Harsanyi | HUN | 6:14.7 |
| 20 | Scylla Venancio | BRA | 6:23.0 |