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Date: 31 July 1952 / 1 August 1952 / 2 August 1952
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Valeria Gyenge | HUN | 5:12.1 |
| 2 | Eva Novak | HUN | 5:13.7 |
| 3 | Evelyn Kawamoto | USA | 5:14.6 |
| 4 | Carolyn Green | USA | 5:16.5 |
| 5 | Ragnhild Andersen-Hveger | DEN | 5:16.9 |
| 6 | Eva Szekely | HUN | 5:17.9 |
| 7 | Ana Schultz | ARG | 5:24.0 |
| 8 | Greta Andersen | DEN | 5:27.7 |
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| 9 | Joan Harrison | RSA | 5:23.1 |
| 10 | Judy-Joy Davies | AUS | 5:25.6 |
| 11 | Daphne Wilkinson | GBR | 5:27.2 |
| 12 | Deliana Meulenkamp | USA | 5:27.9 |
| 13 | Piedade Coutinho | BRA | 5:28.5 |
| 14 | Denise Norton | AUS | 5:30.9 |
| 15 | Huguette Peeters | BEL | 5:36.5 |
| 16 | Ingegard Fredin | SWE | |
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| 17 | Mette Petersen | DEN | 5:30.6 |
| 18 | Grace Wood | GBR | 5:31.2 |
| 19 | Lillian Preece | GBR | 5:32.1 |
| 20 | Ginette Jany | FRA | 5:32.6 |
| 21 | Marianne Lundquist | SWE | 5:34.4 |
| 22 | Colette Thomas | FRA | 5:36.8 |
| 23 | Elisabeth Rechlin | GER | 5:38.0 |
| 24 | Sybille Verckist | BEL | 5:40.1 |
| 25 | Josette Arene | FRA | 5:44.1 |
| 26 | Irma Heyting-Schuhmacher | NED | 5:45.2 |
| 27 | Hannie Termeulen | NED | 5:45.5 |
| 28 | Sadako Yamashita | JPN | 5:48.4 |
| 29 | Kathleen McNamee | CAN | 5:50.5 |
| 30 | Gladys Priestley | CAN | 5:52.7 |
| 31 | Ritva Jarvinen | FIN | 5:53.5 |
| 32 | Cynthia Eager | HKG | 5:55.8 |
| 33 | Misako Tamura | JPN | 5:59.0 |
| 34 | Geertje Wielema | NED | 6:02.6 |