Final | time | | gap | 1. Adrie Lasterig | Netherlands | 5:27.8 | ER | | 2. Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain | 5:32.2 | | +4.4s | 3. Martha Egervari | Hungary | 5:33.3 | | +5.5s | 4. Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands | 5:35.1 | | +7.3s | 5. Harriet Blank | East Germany | 5:40.3 | | +12.5s | 6. Gisela Nuessler | East Germany | 5:45.2 | | +17.4s | 7. Elizabeth Ljunggren | Sweden | 5:45.9 | | +18.1s | 8. Soetslava Babanina | Russia | 5:54.2 | | +26.4s |
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World Record: Sharon Finneran, United States 5:21.9 1960 |
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Heats - Friday, 24th August |
Heat 1 | time | | Rk. | 1. Adrie Lasterig | Netherlands | 5:34.5 | | 2. | 2. Yvonna Tobisova | Czechoslovakia | 6:00.0 | | 10. | 3. Anna Benneck | Italy | 6:08.0 | | 12. | 4. Isabel Castane | Spain | 6:11.0 | | 15. | 5. Brit Korsvold | Norway | 6:19.4 | NR | 18. |
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Heat 2 | time | | Rk. | 1. Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain | 5:40.9 | | 4. | 2. Gisela Nuessler | East Germany | 5:54.1 | | 7. | 3. Svetlana Babanina | Russia | 5:55.3 | | 8. | 4. Kirsten Strange | Denmark | 6:07.5 | | 11. | 5. Christina Balaban | Romania | 6:10.5 | | 14. |
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Heat 3 | time | Rk. | 1. Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands | 5:33.7 | 1. | 2. Martha Egervari | Hungary | 5:40.8 | 3. | 3. Harriet Blank | East Germany | 5:43.4 | 5. | 4. Anna Tuczenska | Poland | 6:08.2 | 13. |
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Heat 4 | time | | Rk. | 1. Elizabeth Ljunggren | Sweden | 5:48.7 | | 6. | 2. Patricia Baines | Great Britain | 5:58.5 | | 9. | 3. Hannelore Janele | Austria | 6:12.7 | NR | 16. | 4. Karin Mueller | Switzerland | 6:12.8 | NR | 17. |
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