Semi 1 | | time | | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Nancy Lyons | Australia | 3:00.9 | | +3.9s | 4 | 18 | 3. | 2. Jannie De Groot | Netherlands | 3:01.4 | | +4.4s | 6 | 18 | 4. | 3. Eva Szekely | Hungary | 3:02.8 | | +5.8s | 5 | 21 | 5. | 4. Yvonne Van De Kerckhove | Belgium | 3:09.7 | | +12.7s | 3 | 27 | 9. | 5. Jaqueline Bertrand | France | 3:13.1 | | +16.1s | 7 | _ | 11. | 6. Jean Caplin | Great Britain | 3:14.4 | | +17.4s | 1 | _ | 13. | 7. Dorotea Turnbull | Argentina | 3:14.4 | | +17.4s | 2 | _ | 13. | 8. Irene Strong | Canada | 3:16.9 | | +19.9s | 8 | 19 | 16. |
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Semi 2 | | time | | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Petronella van Vliet | Netherlands | 2:57.0 | OR | | 5 | 22 | 1. | 2. Eva Novak-Gerard | Hungary | 2:58.0 | | +1.0s | 4 | 18 | 2. | 3. Jytte Hansen | Denmark | 3:05.5 | | +8.5s | 7 | 16 | 6. | 4. Tonnie Hom | Netherlands | 3:05.7 | | +8.7s | 6 | 15 | 7. | 5. Elizabeth Church | Great Britain | 3:07.1 | | +10.1s | 3 | 18 | 8. | 6. Margit Elna Leskinen | Finland | 3:10.0 | | +13.0s | 2 | 33 | 10. | 7. Liselotte Kobi | Switzerland | 3:13.9 | | +16.9s | 1 | 18 | 12. | 8. Elenor Gordon | Great Britain | 3:15.8 | | +18.8s | 8 | 15 | 15. |
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