| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final Ranking | Height | | Y | 170m | | 1. Alice Coachman |  USA | 1.68m | OR | 24 | XXX | | 2. Dorothy Odam-Tyler |  GBR | 1.68m | OR | 28 | XXX | | 3. Micheline Ostermeyer |  FRA | 1.61m | | 25 | | 4. Vinton Beckett |  JAM | 1.58m | | 25 | | 4. Doreen Dredge |  CAN | 1.58m | | 17 | | 6. Bertha Crowther | GBR | 1.58m | | 26 | | 7. Ilse Steinegger |  AUT | 1.55m | | 22 | | 8. Dora Gardner | GBR | 1.55m | | 36 | | 9. Anne Iversen |  DEN | 1.50m | | 24 | | 9. Simone Ruas | FRA | 1.50m | | 29 | | 11.Carmen Phipps | JAM | 1.50m | | 20 | | 11.Bernice Robinson | USA | 1.50m | | 21 | | 11.Shirley Gordon | CAN | 1.50m | | 21 | | 14.Anne-Marie Colchen | FRA | 1.40m | | 22 | | 14.Emma Reed | USA | 1.40m | | 23 | | 14.Triny Bourkel |  LUX | 1.40m | | 21 | | 17.Elisabeth Müller |  BRA | 1.40m | | 22 | | 17.Olga Gyarmati |  HUN | 1.40m | | 23 | | 19.Elaine Silburn |  CAN | 1.40m | | |
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