| Final | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Hilde Schrader |  Germany | 3:12.6 | | 5 | 18 | | 2. Marie Baron |  Netherlands | 3:15.2 | +2.6s | 2 | 20 | | 3. Lotte Mühe | Germany | 3:17.6 | +5.0s | 4 | 18 | | 4. Else Jacobsen |  Denmark | 3:19.0 | +6.4s | 6 | 17 | | 5. Margaret Hoffman |  United States | 3:19.2 | +6.6s | 1 | 17 | | 6. Brita Hazelius |  Sweden | 3:23.0 | +10.4s | 3 | 10 |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Marie Baron | Netherlands | 3:15.4 | 2. | 2 | 20 | | 2. Lotte Mühe | Germany | 3:16.8 | 3. | 1 | 18 | | 2. Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:16.8 | 4. | 6 | 17 | | 4. Agnes Geraghty | United States | 3:19.5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | | 5. Elfriede Zimmermann | Germany | 3:23.6 | 8. | 5 | | | 6. Marianne Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:32.4 | 10. | 4 | 15 |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Hilde Schrader | Germany | 3:11.2 OR | 1. | 4 | 18 | | 2. Brita Hazelius | Sweden | 3:21.4 | 6. | 5 | 19 | | 3. Margaret Hoffman | United States | 3:22.4 | 7. | 6 | 17 | | 4. Margaretha van Norden | Netherlands | 3:28.6 | 9. | 2 | 16 | | 5. Doris Thompson |  Australia | 3:29.0 | 11. | 1 | | | 6. Jane Fauntz | United States | 3:36.0 | 12. | 3 | 17 |
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Heats - Tuesday, 7th August 15:40 |
| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Hilde Schrader | Germany | 3:11.6 OR | 1. | 1 | 18 | | 2. Agnes Geraghty | United States | 3:18.8 | 5. | 2 | 20 | | 3. Brita Hazelius | Sweden | 3:21.6 | 7. | 6 | 19 | | 4. Margery Hinton |  Great Britain | 3:22.4 | 9. | 3 | 13 | | 5. Cornelia van Gelder | Netherlands | 3:23.6 | 11. | 4 | 24 | | 6. Róża Kaizerowna |  Poland | 3:24.2 | 12. | 5 | 18 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Lotte Mühe | Germany | 3:14.2 | 2. | 4 | 18 | | 2. Marie Baron | Netherlands | 3:20.2 | 6. | 1 | 20 | | 3. Margaret Hoffman | United States | 3:21.6 | 8. | 3 | 17 | | 4. Hedwig Bienenfeld |  Austria | 3:23.4 | 10. | 5 | 20 | | 5. Dora E Gibbs | Great Britain | 3:35.0 | 20. | 2 | 41 | | 6. Virginie Rausch |  Luxembourg | 3:45.3 | 21. | 6 | 21 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:17.6 | 3. | 3 | 17 | | 2. Elfriede Zimmermann | Germany | 3:18.6 | 4. | 2 | | | 4. Dorothy Prior |  Canada | 3:24.4 | 13. | 5 | | | 3. Marianne Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:27.0 | 14. | 1 | 15 | | 5. Mabel Hamblen | Great Britain | 3:34.6 | 19. | 4 | 23 |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Margaretha van Norden | Netherlands | 3:27.2 | 15. | 1 | 16 | | 2. Jane Fauntz | United States | 3:29.0 | 16. | 4 | 17 | | 3. Doris Thompson | Australia | 3:33.6 | 17. | 5 | | | 4. Alice Stoffel |  France | 3:34.5 | 18. | 3 | 22 | | -. Fritzowna | Poland | DNS | | 2 | |
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