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! Rank !! Heat !! Bane !! Navn !! Nationalitet !! Tid !! Notater
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| 1 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| [[Lotte Friis]] || align=left|{{flaglink|DEN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:00.47 || '''K'''
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| 2 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| [[Shao Yiwen]] || align=left|{{flaglink|CHN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:01.72 || '''K'''
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| 3 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| [[Kate Ziegler]] || align=left|{{flaglink|USA|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:02.53 || '''K'''
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| 4 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| [[Kristel Köbrich]] || align=left|{{flaglink|CHI|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:03.50 || '''K'''
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| 5 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| [[Wendy Trott]] || align=left|{{flaglink|RSA|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:05.63 || '''K''', '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]''', '''[[List of South African records in swimming|NR]]'''
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| 6 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| [[Li Xuanxu]] || align=left|{{flaglink|CHN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:05.82 || '''K'''
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| 7 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| [[Melissa Gorman]] || align=left|{{flaglink|AUS|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:07.39 || '''K'''
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| 8 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| [[Erika Villaécija García]] || align=left|{{flaglink|ESP|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:12.45 || '''K'''
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| 9 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| [[Chloe Sutton]] || align=left|{{flaglink|USA|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:13.20 || 
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| 10 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| [[Gráinne Murphy]] || align=left|{{flaglink|IRL|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:14.81 || 
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| 11 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| [[Éva Risztov]] || align=left|{{flaglink|HUN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:22.60 || 
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| 12 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| [[Keri-Anne Payne]] || align=left|{{flaglink|GBR|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:23.11 || 
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| 13 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| [[Martina Rita Caramignoli]] || align=left|{{flaglink|ITA|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:23.75 || 
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| 14 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| [[Andreina Pinto]] || align=left|{{flaglink|VEN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:23.96 || 
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| 15 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| [[Jessica Ashwood]] || align=left|{{flaglink|AUS|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:25.85 || 
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| 16 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| [[Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto|Patricia Castañeda]] || align=left|{{flaglink|MEX|at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships}} || 16:26.36 || '''[[List of Mexican records in swimming|NR]]'''
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| 17 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| [[Camelia Potec]] || align=left|{{flaglink|ROU|ved VM i svømning 2011s}} || 16:29.79 || 
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| 18 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| [[Julia Hassler]] || align=left|{{flaglink|LIE|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:34.74 || '''[[List of Liechtensteinian records in swimming|NR]]'''
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| 19 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| [[Marianna Lymperta]] || align=left|{{flaglink|GRE|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:35.16 || 
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| 20 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| [[Savannah King]] || align=left|{{flaglink|CAN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:35.67 || 
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| 21 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| [[Nina Dittrich]] || align=left|{{flaglink|AUT|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:37.15 || 
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| 22 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| [[Charetzeni Escobar]] || align=left|{{flaglink|MEX|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 16:40.09 || 
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| 23 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| [[Han Na-Kyeong]] || align=left|{{flaglink|KOR|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 17:06.37 || 
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| 24 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| [[Maja Cesar]] || align=left|{{flaglink|SVN|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 17:22.42 || 
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| 25 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| [[Yesim Giresunlu]] || align=left|{{flaglink|TUR|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 17:23.60 || 
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| 26 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| [[Simona Marinova]] || align=left|{{flaglink|MKD|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || 17:44.99 || 
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| – || 4 || 1 ||align=left| [[Cecilia Biagioli]] || align=left|{{flaglink|ARG|ved VM i svømning 2011}} || || DNS
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