| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jodie Henry |  AUS | 53.84s | 7. 1. | | 2. Inge de Bruijn |  NED | 54.16s | 1. 2. | | 3. Natalie Coughlin |  USA | 54.40s | 3. 3. | | 4. Malia Metella |  FRA | 54.50s | 5. 4. | | 5. Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 54.54s | 2. 5. | | 6. Nery Mantey Niangouara |  GRE | 54.81s | 6. 7. | | 7. Martina Moravcová |  SVK | 55.12s | 8. 8. | | 8. Yelena Popchenko |  BLR | 55.24s | 10.6. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 54.81s | 5. | | 2. Yelena Popchenko | BLR | 54.97s | 6. | | 3. Nery Mantey Niangouara | GRE | 55.02s | 7. | | 4. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 55.08s | 8. | | 5. Libby Lenton | AUS | 55.17s | 9. | | 6. Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 55.32s | 11. | | 7. Anna Shcherba | BLR | 55.67s | 13. | | 8. Ryu Yun-Ji |  KOR | 55.85s | 15. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jodie Henry | AUS | 53.52s | 1. | | 2. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 54.06s | 2. | | 3. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 54.37s | 3. | | 4. Malia Metella | FRA | 54.57s | 4. | | 5. Federica Pellegrini |  ITA | 55.30s | 10. | | 6. Hanna-Maria Seppälä |  FIN | 55.59s | 12. | | 7. Josefin Lillhage |  SWE | 55.76s | 14. | | 8. Tomoko Nagai |  JPN | 56.03s | 16. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 54.82s | 3. | | 2. Libby Lenton | AUS | 54.89s | 4. | | 3. Nery Mantey Niangouara | GRE | 55.12s | 6. | | 4. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 55.17s | 8. | | 5. Federica Pellegrini | ITA | 55.41s | 9. | | 6. Paulina Barzycka |  POL | 56.20s | 19. | | 7. Jana Myšková |  CZE | 56.59s | 23. | | 8. Xu Yanwei |  CHN | 56.66s | 24. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Malia Metella | FRA | 55.08s | 5. | | 2. Jodie Henry | AUS | 55.13s | 7. | | 3. Yelena Popchenko | BLR | 55.49s | 10. | | 4. Franziska van Almsick |  GER | 55.57s | 11. | | 5. Hanna-Maria Seppälä | FIN | 56.01s | 15. | | 6. Ryu Yun-Ji | KOR | 56.02s | 17. | | 7. Rebeca Gusmão |  BRA | 56.26s | 20. | | 8. Cheng Jiaru | CHN | 56.39s | 22. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Inge de Bruijn | NED | 54.43s | 1. | | 2. Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 54.53s | 2. | | 3. Tomoko Nagai | JPN | 55.76s | 12. | | 4. Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 55.81s | 13. | | 5. Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 55.87s | 14. | | 6. Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 56.66s | 24. | | 7. Florencia Szigeti |  ARG | 56.71s | 28. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anna Shcherba | BLR | 56.01s | 15. | | 2. Jeanette Ottesen |  DEN | 56.17s | 18. | | 3. Alison Fitch |  NZL | 56.29s | 21. | | 4. Sara Isakovič |  SLO | 56.67s | 27. | | 5. Eileen Marie Coparropa |  PAN | 57.09s | 30. | | 6. Olha Mukomol |  UKR | 57.12s | 31. | | 7. Anna Gostomelsky |  ISR | 57.15s | 32. | | 8. Jana Kolukanova |  EST | 57.45s | 37. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dominique Diezi |  SUI | 56.67s | 26. | | 2. Arlene Semeco |  VEN | 57.04s | 29. | | 3. Judith Draxler |  AUT | 57.29s | 33. | | 4. Hannah Jane Wilson |  HKG | 57.33s | 34. | | 5. Lara Heinz |  LUX | 57.40s | 36. | | 6. Ágnes Mutina |  HUN | 58.10s | 38. | | 7. Angelia Chuck |  JAM | 58.33s | 39. | | 8. Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir |  ISL | 58.47s | 40. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Vanessa García |  PUR | 57.38s | 35. | | 2. Yelena Skalinskaya |  KAZ | 58.56s | 41. | | 3. Linda McEachrane |  TRT | 58.92s | 42. | | 4. Agnese Ozoliņa |  LAT | 59.03s | 43. | | 5. Sung Yi-Chieh |  TPE | 59.18s | 44. | | 6. Irina Shlemova |  UZB | 59.21s | 45. | | 7. Shikha Tandon |  IND | 59.70s | 46. | | 8. Nicoleta Coica |  MDA | 59.85s | 47. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Carolina Cerqueda |  AND | 1:00.38 | 48. | | 2. Larissa Inangorore |  BDI | 1:23.90 | 49. | | 3. Gloria Koussihouede |  BEN | 1:30.90 | 50. |
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