| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Janet Evans |  USA | 8:32.69 | 1. | | 2. Hayley Lewis |  AUS | 8:33.04 | 2. | | 3. Isabelle Arnould |  BEL | 8:40.86 | 7. | | 4. Beatrice Coadă-Căşlaru |  ROU | 8:44.17 | 10. | | 5. Sandra Cam | BEL | 8:50.91 | 14. | | 6. Itziar Esparza |  ESP | 8:55.65 | 16. | | 7. Yan Ming |  CHN | 9:14.63 | 24. | | 8. Erika González |  MEX | 9:17.18 | 25. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Philippa Langrell |  NZL | 8:38.43 | 5. | | 2. Irene Dalby |  NOR | 8:38.58 | 6. | | 3. Kerstin Kielgaß |  GER | 8:43.52 | 9. | | 4. Julie M. McDonald | AUS | 8:51.59 | 15. | | 5. Elizabeth Arnold |  GBR | 8:56.04 | 17. | | 6. Judit Kiss |  HUN | 8:58.16 | 18. | | 7. Jeanine Steenkamp |  RSA | 8:59.62 | 19. | | 8. María José Marenco |  ESA | 9:09.41 | 20. |
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