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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 14, 1936
Date Finished: August 14, 1936
Format: Top three in each heat and the fastest fourth-place advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Rie Mastenbroek |
| Silver: | Ragnhild Hveger |
| Bronze: | Lenore Kight-Wingard |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rie Mastenbroek | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 5:40.3 | QU |
| 2 | Lenore Kight-Wingard | 24 | United States | USA | 5:42.2 | QU |
| 3 | Grete Frederiksen | 18 | Denmark | DEN | 5:42.5 | QU |
| 4 | Tini Wagner | 16 | Netherlands | NED | 5:45.9 | QU |
| 5 | Irma Schrameková | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 5:46.0 | |
| 6 | Hatsuko Morioka | 21 | Japan | JPN | 5:49.1 | |
| 7 | Borbála Sóthy | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 6:11.2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ragnhild Hveger | 15 | Denmark | DEN | 5:33.7 | QU |
| 2 | Piedade Coutinho-Tavares | 16 | Brazil | BRA | 5:42.5 | QU |
| 3 | Kazue Kojima | 19 | Japan | JPN | 5:43.5 | QU |
| 4 | Mary Lou Petty | 21 | United States | USA | 5:45.9 | QU |
| 5 | Louisette Fleuret | 17 | France | FRA | 5:46.1 | |
| 6 | Ans Timmermans | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 5:49.4 | |
| 7 | Inger Carlsen | 18 | Denmark | DEN | 5:55.0 | |
| 8 | Margaret Jeffrey | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:07.2 |