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Date: 23 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Olga Fikotova | TCH | 53.69m [176' 1 ¾"] |
| 2 | Irina Begliakova | URS | 52.54m [172' 4 ½"] |
| 3 | Nina Ponomariova | URS | 52.02m [170' 8"] |
| 4 | Earlene Brown | USA | 51.35m [168' 5 ¾"] |
| 5 | Albina Elkina | URS | 48.20m [158' 1 ¾"] |
| 6 | Isabel Avellan | ARG | 46.73m [153' 3 ¾"] |
| 7 | Jirina Voborilova | TCH | 45.84m [150' 4 ¾"] |
| 8 | Stepanka Mertova | TCH | 45.78m [150' 2 ¼"] |
| 9 | Lia Manoliu | ROU | 43.90m [144' ¼"] |
| 10 | Marianne Werner | GER | 43.34m [142' 2 ¼"] |
| 11 | Paola Paternoster | ITA | 42.83m [140' 6 ¼"] |
| 12 | Nada Kotlusek | YUG | 42.16m [138' 3 ¾"] |
| 13 | Lois Jackman | AUS | 40.84m [133' 11 ¾"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Almut Brommel | GER | ||
| Shirley Cotton | AUS | ||
| Toyoko Yoshino | JPN | ||
| Suzanne Allday | GBR | ||
| Anne-Katrin Lafrenz | GER | ||
| Valerie Lawrence | AUS | ||
| Jacqueline MacDonald | CAN | ||
| Marjorie Larney | USA | ||
| Pamela Kurrell | USA | ||