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Date: 3 December 1956 / 5 December 1956
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Judith Grinham | GBR | 1:12.9 |
| 2 | Carin Cone | USA | 1:12.9 |
| 3 | Margaret Edwards | GBR | 1:13.1 |
| 4 | Helga Schmidt | GER | 1:13.4 |
| 5 | Maureen Murphy | USA | 1:14.1 |
| 6 | Julie Hoyle | GBR | 1:14.3 |
| 7 | Sara Barber | CAN | 1:14.3 |
| 8 | Gerganyia Beckitt | AUS | 1:14.7 |
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| 9 | Eva Pajor | HUN | 1:15.3 |
| 10 | Jean Stewart | NZL | 1:15.4 |
| 10 | Moira Abernethy | RSA | 1:15.4 |
| 12 | Maria Both | ROU | 1:15.8 |
| 13 | Patricia Huntingford | AUS | 1:16.0 |
| 14 | Liudmila Klipova | URS | 1:16.1 |
| 15 | Mary Anne Marchino | USA | 1:16.2 |
| 15 | Elzbieta Gellner | POL | 1:16.2 |
| 17 | Pamela Singleton | AUS | 1:17.0 |
| 18 | Lenora Fisher | CAN | 1:17.5 |
| 18 | Philippa Mary Gould | NZL | 1:17.5 |
| 20 | Judit Temes | HUN | 1:17.6 |
| 21 | Ginette Sendral | FRA | 1:19.1 |
| 22 | Jocelyn Von Giese | PHI | 1:20.0 |
| 23 | Martha Gulton | INA | 1:21.7 |