| Final 19:00 | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | 11.8s | | | 2. Elene Gokieli |  Soviet Union | 11.9s | | | 3. Valentina Fokina | Soviet Union | 11.9s | | | 4. Anne Iversen |  Denmark | 12.3s | | | 5. Anna Linnéa Sövgren |  Sweden | 12.4s | | | 6. Marie Matesová |  Czechoslovakia | 12.4s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 11.7s | Q | | 2. Elene Gokieli | Soviet Union | 11.9s | Q | | 3. Marie Matesová | Czechoslovakia | 12.6s | Q | | 4. Milly Ludwig |  Luxembourg | 13.2s | | | 5. Aniela Mitan |  Poland | 13.3s | | | 6. Ingrid Jacobsson | Sweden | 14.2s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Valentina Fokina | Soviet Union | 11.8s | Q | | 2. Anna Linnéa Sövgren | Sweden | 12.8s | Q | | 3. Anne Iversen | Denmark | 13.1s | Q | | -. Gerda Koudijs | Netherlands | DQ | |
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