| Final | time | gap | _______________ | | 1. |  United States | 4:38.0 | WR | | | Josephine McKim 22, Helen Johns 17, Eleanor Garatti-Saville 23, Helene Madison 19 | | 2. |  Netherlands | 4:47.5 | +9.5s | | | Maria Vierdag 26, Puck Oversloot 18, Cornelia Laddé 16, Willy den Ouden 14 | | 3. |  Great Britain | 4:52.4 | +14.4s | | | Valerie Davies 20, Helen Varcoe 25, Joyce Cooper 23, Edna Hughes 16 | | 4. |  Canada | 5:05.7 | +27.7s | | | Irene Pirie-Milton 18, Irene Mullen 18, Ruth Kerr 16, Betty Edwards 21 | | 5. |  Japan | 5:06.7 | +28.7s | | | Kazue Kojima 15, Hatsuko Morioka 17, Misao Yokota 15, Yukie Arata 17 |
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