Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Janet Evans | United States | 4:14.64 | +1.48s | 4 | 19 | - | 2. | 2. Stephanie Ortwig | Germany | 4:15.16 | +2.00s | 5 | 17 | - | 3. | 3. Suzu Chiba | Japan | 4:15.97 | +2.81s | 7 | 15 | - | 5. | 4. Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 4:15.99 | +2.83s | 3 | 20 | - | 6. | 5. Philippa Langrell | New Zealand | 4:18.94 | +5.78s | 6 | 18 | - | 11. | 6. Linda Robinson | New Zealand | 4:27.20 | +14.04s | 2 | _ | - | 17. | 7. Joanne Deakins | Great Britain | 4:27.97 | +14.81s | 1 | 18 | - | 18. | 8. Meitri Pangestika | Indonesia | 4:31.65 | +18.49s | 8 | _ | - | 20. |
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Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Hayley Lewis | Australia | 4:13.16 | | 4 | 16 | - | 1. | 2. Irene Dalby | Norway | 4:15.25 | +2.09s | 5 | 19 | - | 4. | 3. Sandra Cam | Belgium | 4:17.64 | +4.48s | 6 | 18 | - | 7. | 4. Francesca Ferrari | Italy | 4:18.99 | +5.83s | 2 | _ | - | 12. | 5. Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 4:19.55 | +6.39s | 3 | 20 | - | 13. | 6. Nesim Ozgun | Turkey | 4:31.38 | +18.22s | 1 | _ | - | 19. | 7. Tjia Khim | Indonesia | 4:49.60 | +36.44s | 8 | _ | - | 21. |
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