| Final | time | | 1. Elizabeth Cuthbert |  AUS | 11.5s | | 2. Christina Stubnick |  GER | 11.7s | | 3. Marlene Mathews | AUS | 11.7s | | 4. Isabelle Daniels |  USA | 11.8s | | 5. Giuseppina Leone |  ITA | 11.9s | | 6. Heather Armitage |  GBR | 12.0s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Christina Stubnick | GER | 11.9s | | 2. Elizabeth Cuthbert | AUS | 12.0s | | 3. Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 12.1s | | 4. June Paul | GBR | 12.1s | | 5. Galina Popova |  URS | 12.2s | | 6. Catherine Capdevielle |  FRA | 12.4s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Marlene Mathews | AUS | 11.6s | | 2. Heather Armitage | GBR | 11.6s | | 3. Isabelle Daniels | USA | 11.7s | | 4. Gisela Kohler | GER | 11.9s | | 5. Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.9s | | 6. Galina Rezchikova | URS | 12.1s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.8s | | 2. Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.9s | | 3. Mae Faggs | USA | 12.2s | | 4. Micheline Fluchot | FRA | 12.4s | | 5. Janet Elizabeth Jesudason |  SIN | 13.2s | | -. Mary Leela Rao |  IND | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Marlene Mathews | AUS | 11.6s | | 2. Galina Rezchikova | URS | 11.5s | | 3. Lucinda Williams | USA | 12.0s | | 4. Maria Kusion |  POL | 12.2s | | 5. Maureen Rever |  CAN | 12.2s | | 6. Franca Peggion | ITA | 12.4s | | 7. Mary Beatrice Klass | SIN | 12.6s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Elizabeth Cuthbert | AUS | 11.4s | | 2. Isabelle Daniels | USA | 11.6s | | 3. Anne Pashley | GBR | 11.7s | | 4. Barbara Lerczak | POL | 12.2s | | 5. Maria Musso | ITA | 12.2s | | 6. Diane Elaine Matheson | CAN | 12.4s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Heather Armitage | GBR | 11.5s | | 2. Gisela Kohler | GER | 11.7s | | 3. Shirley Stricland | AUS | 11.9s | | 4. Eleanor Haslam | CAN | 11.8s | | 5. Halina Richter | POL | 12.2s | | 6. Maeve Kyle |  IRL | 12.3s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Galina Popova | URS | 11.6s | | 2. Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11.7s | | 3. Inge Fuhrmann | GER | 12.2s | | 4. Annie Choong |  MAL | 12.5s |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. Christina Stubnick | GER | 11.7s | | 2. June Paul | GBR | 11.9s | | 3. Margaret Fiona Stuart |  NZL | 12.3s | | 4. Elaine Mary Winter |  SAF | 12.5s | | 5. Claudette Masdammer |  GUY | 12.7s |
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