| Final 10:16 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Rebecca Adlington | GBR | 8:14.10 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Alessia Filippi | ITA | 8:20.23 | 6 | 4. | | 3. Lotte Friis | DEN | 8:23.03 | 3 | 3. | | 4. Camelia Alina Potec | ROU | 8:23.11 | 5 | 2. | | 5. Xuanxu Li | CHN | 8:26.34 | 1 | 7. | | 6. Kylie Palmer | AUS | 8:26.39 | 2 | 5. | | 7. Elena Sokolova | RUS | 8:29.79 | 7 | 6. | | 8. Cassandra Patten | GBR | 8:32.35 | 8 | 8. |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date |
| | Heats | 5 | 36 | 14.08 |
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| Heat 5 14.08 19:46 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Alessia Filippi | ITA | 8:21.95s | 5 | 4. | | 2. Elena Sokolova | RUS | 8:23.07s | 1 | 6. | | 3. Cassandra Patten | GBR | 8:25.91s | 7 | 8. | | 4. Kate Ziegler | USA | 8:26.98s | 4 | 10. | | 5. Coralie Balmy | FRA | 8:28.34s | 6 | 12. | | 6. Erika Villaecija | ESP | 8:32.27s | 3 | 16. | | 7. Melissa Gorman | AUS | 8:32.34s | 8 | 17. | | 8. Sophie Huber | FRA | 8:33.76s | 2 | 19. |
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| Heat 4 14.08 19:35 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Rebecca Adlington | GBR | 8:18.06s | 4 | 1. | | 2. Lotte Friis | DEN | 8:21.74s | 2 | 3. | | 3. Kylie Palmer | AUS | 8:22.81s | 3 | 5. | | 4. Wendy Trott | RSA | 8:26.21s | 1 | 9. | | 5. Meihong You | CHN | 8:31.11s | 7 | 15. | | 6. Jaana Ehmcke | GER | 8:39.51s | 6 | 25. | | 7. Ai Shibata | JPN | 8:41.63s | 5 | 27. | | 8. Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou | GRE | 8:41.65s | 8 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 14.08 19:24 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Camelia Alina Potec | ROU | 8:19.70s | 5 | 2. | | 2. Xuanxu Li | CHN | 8:24.37s | 6 | 7. | | 3. Katie Hoff | USA | 8:27.78s | 4 | 11. | | 4. Flavia Rigamonti | SUI | 8:28.67s | 3 | 13. | | 5. Andreina del Valle Pinto Perez | VEN | 8:30.30s | 8 | 14. | | 6. Maiko Fujino | JPN | 8:35.60s | 1 | 21. | | 7. Tanya Hunks | CAN | 8:38.05s | 7 | 23. | | -. Federica Pellegrini | ITA | DNS | 2 | |
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| Heat 2 14.08 19:13 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Susana Escobar | MEX | 8:33.51s | 4 | 18. | | 2. Kristel Kobrich | CHI | 8:34.25s | 5 | 20. | | 3. Joerdis Steinegger | AUT | 8:36.40s | 1 | 22. | | 4. Gabriella Fagundez | SWE | 8:39.06s | 3 | 24. | | 5. Reka Nagy | HUN | 8:40.38s | 6 | 26. | | 6. Lynette Lim | SIN | 8:45.56s | 8 | 30. | | 7. Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli | ARG | 8:50.18s | 2 | 31. | | 8. Cai Lin Khoo | MAS | 9:04.86s | 7 | 34. |
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| Heat 1 14.08 19:02 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Hoi Shun Stephanie Au | HKG | 8:41.66s | 4 | 29. | | 2. Golda Marcus | ESA | 8:51.21s | 5 | 32. | | 3. Eva Lehtonen | FIN | 8:53.50s | 3 | 33. | | 4. Karolina Paulina Szczepaniak | POL | 9:08.87s | 6 | 35. |
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