| Final 19th August | time | gap |
| | 1. Rie Mastenbroek |  Netherlands | 5:27.4 | | | 2. Willemijntje den Ouden | Netherlands | 5:27.4 | | | 3. Lilli Andersen |  Denmark | 5:45.1 | +17.7s | | 4. Solita Salgado |  France | 5:50.4 | +23.0s | | 5. Cecelia Wolstenholme |  Great Britain | 5:50.9 | +23.5s | | 6. Louisette Fleuret | France | 5:56:1 | +28.7s |
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Swimm-Off needed to 1st place. Den Ouden withdrew, so Mastenbroeck was proclamed champion.
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| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Willemijntje den Ouden | Netherlands | 5:37.2 | 1. | | 2. Cecelia Wolstenholme | Great Britain | 5:53.1 | 4. | | 3. Louisette Fleuret | France | 6:02.9 | 6. | | 4. Petersen |  Norway | 6:10.5 | 9. | | 5. Hilde Salberg |  Germany | 6:13.6 | 10. | | 6. Frederiksen | Denmark | 6:17.2 | 11. |
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| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | | 1. Rie Mastenbroek | Netherlands | 5:37.8 | 2. | | 2. Lilli Andersen | Denmark | 5:49.8 | 3. | | 3. Solita Salgado | France | 5:54.8 | 5. | | 4. Ersramekon |  Czechoslovakia | 6:06.2 | 7. | | 5. Ruth Halbsguth | Germany | 6:08.8 | 8. | | 6. Marcon | Great Britain | 6:23.7 | 12. | | 7. Carmen Soriano |  Spain | 6:40.7 | 13. |
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