Final | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Brooke Bennett | USA | 8:27.89 | 1. | 2. Dagmar Hase | GER | 8:29.91 | 2. | 3. Kirsten Vlieghuis | NED | 8:30.84 | 7. | 4. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 8:31.06 | 3. | 5. Irene Dalby | NOR | 8:38.34 | 5. | 6. Janet Evans | USA | 8:38.91 | 6. | 7. Carla Geurts | NED | 8:40.43 | 8. | 8. Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 8:41.75 | 4. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Lin Chi-Chan | TPE | 8:40.31 | 9. | 2. Eri Yamanoi | JPN | 8:40.47 | 10. | 3. Stacey Gartrell | AUS | 8:42.39 | 11. | 4. Pu Yiqi | CHN | 8:45.32 | 12. | 5. Hayley Lewis | AUS | 8:45.79 | 13. | 6. Alicia Barrancos | ARG | 8:48.54 | 17. | 7. Carla-Creola Negrea | ROU | 8:54.19 | 20. | 8. Aiko Miyake | JPN | 8:55.77 | 21. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Brooke Bennett | USA | 8:32.38 | 1. | 2. Dagmar Hase | GER | 8:33.55 | 2. | 3. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 8:36.33 | 3. | 4. Kirsten Vlieghuis | NED | 8:39.73 | 7. | 5. Nikki Dryden | CAN | 8:47.19 | 14. | 6. Olga Šplíchalová | CZE | 8:47.68 | 15. | 7. Stephanie Richardson | CAN | 8:52.61 | 19. | 8. Mirjana Bosevska | MKD | 8:57.52 | 22. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 8:37.54 | 4. | 2. Irene Dalby | NOR | 8:37.73 | 5. | 3. Janet Evans | USA | 8:38.08 | 6. | 4. Carla Geurts | NED | 8:39.85 | 8. | 5. Sandra Cam | BEL | 8:48.33 | 16. | 6. Itziar Esparza | ESP | 8:50.22 | 18. | 7. Rita Kovács | HUN | 9:06.97 | 25. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ravee Intporn-Udom | THA | 9:01.14 | 23. | 2. Seo Hyeon-Su | KOR | 9:03.22 | 24. | 3. Maritza Chiaway | PER | 9:09.12 | 26. | 4. Olga Korotayeva | KGZ | 9:21.20 | 27. | 5. Daniela Menegon | SWA | 10:12.46 | 28 |
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