| 1st | Wilma Rudolph | ๐บ๐ธUnited StatesUSA |
| 2nd | Jutta Heine | ๐ฉ๐ชGermanyGER |
| 3rd | Alena Stolzovรก | ๐น๐จCzechoslovakiaTCH |
| 3rd | Antรณnia Munkรกcsi | ๐ญ๐บHungaryHUN |
| 3rd | Dorothy Hyman | ๐ฌ๐งGreat BritainGBR |
| 3rd | Eleanor Haslam | ๐จ๐ฆCanadaCAN |
| 3rd | Hannelore Raepke | ๐ฉ๐ชGermanyGER |
| 3rd | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | ๐ธ๐ผSwedenSWE |
| 4th | Ernestine Pollards | ๐บ๐ธUnited StatesUSA |
| 4th | Gisela Kรถhler-Birkemeyer | ๐ฉ๐ชGermanyGER |
| 4th | Halina Richter-Gรณrecka-Herrmann | |
| 4th | Jean Hiscock | ๐ฌ๐งGreat BritainGBR |
| 4th | Lyudmila Ignatyeva-Samotyosova | ๐บ๐ทSoviet UnionURS |
| 4th | Mariya Itkina | ๐บ๐ทSoviet UnionURS |
| 4th | Mona Sulaiman | ๐ต๐ญPhilippinesPHI |
| 4th | Norma Croker-Fleming | ๐ฆ๐บAustraliaAUS |
| 4th | Pat Duggan | ๐ฆ๐บAustraliaAUS |
| 5th | Barbara Lerczak-Janiszewska-Sobotta | ๐ต๐ดPolandPOL |
| 5th | Ilana Karaszyk | ๐ฎ๐ธIsraelISR |
| 5th | Jenny Smart | ๐ฌ๐งGreat BritainGBR |
| 5th | Lucinda Williams | ๐บ๐ธUnited StatesUSA |
| 5th | Maeve Kyle | ๐ฎ๐ทIrelandIRL |
| 5th | Olga ล ikovec | ๐พ๐บYugoslaviaYUG |
| 5th | Val Morgan | ๐ณ๐ฟNew ZealandNZL |
| 6th | Celina Jesionowska | ๐ต๐ดPolandPOL |
| 6th | Erzsรฉbet Bartos-Heldt | ๐ญ๐บHungaryHUN |
| 6th | Giuseppina Leone | ๐ฎ๐นItalyITA |
| 6th | Valentina Maslovskaya | ๐บ๐ทSoviet UnionURS |
| 7th | Catherine Capdevielle | ๐ซ๐ทFranceFRA |
| - | Betty Cuthbert | ๐ฆ๐บAustraliaAUS |
| - | Carlota Gooden | ๐ต๐ฆPanamaPAN |
| - | Christiana Boateng | ๐ฌ๐ญGhanaGHA |
| - | Jean Holmes-Mitchell | ๐ต๐ฆPanamaPAN |
| - | Snezhana Kerkova | ๐ง๐ฌBulgariaBUL |
| - | Stephie D'Souza | ๐ฎ๐ณIndiaIND |