| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Helene Madison |  United States | 1:06.8 | OR | - | 19 | | 2. Willy Den Ouden |  Netherlands | 1:07.8 | +1.0s | - | 14 | | 3. Eleanor Garatti-Saville | United States | 1:08.2 | +1.4s | - | 23 | | 4. Josephine McKim | United States | 1:09.3 | +2.5s | - | 22 | | 5. Neville Frances Bult |  Australia | 1:09.9 | +3.1s | - | 19 | | 6. Jenny Maakal |  South Africa | 1:10.8 | +4.0s | - | 19 |
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Semifinals - Monday, 8th August | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Willy Den Ouden | Netherlands | 1:07.6 | OR | - | 14 | 1. | | 2. Eleanor Garatti-Saville | United States | 1:08.8 | +1.2s | - | 23 | 2. | | 3. Josephine McKim | United States | 1:08.8 | +1.2s | - | 22 | 2. | | 4. Joyce Cooper |  Great Britain | 1:09.2 | +1.6s | - | 23 | 4. | | 5. Yvonne Godard |  France | 1:14.1 | +6.5s | - | 24 | 9. |
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| Semi 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Helene Madison | United States | 1:09.9 | +2.3s | - | 19 | 5. | | 2. Neville Frances Bult | Australia | 1:10.2 | +2.6s | - | 19 | 6. | | 3. Jenny Maakal | South Africa | 1:10.6 | +3.0s | - | 19 | 7. | | 4. Cornelia Laddé | Netherlands | 1:11.8 | +4.2s | - | 16 | 8. |
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Heats - Sunday, 7th August | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Cornelia Laddé | Netherlands | 1:12.1 | +3.6s | 1 | 16 | 9. | | 2. Yvonne Godard | France | 1:12.2 | +3.7s | 3 | 24 | 10. | | 3. Valerie Latham | Great Britain | 1:12.7 | +4.2s | 2 | 20 | 11. | | 4. Hatsuho Matsuzawa |  Japan | 1:17.1 | +8.6s | 4 | 17 | 18. | | 5. Marjorie Linton |  Canada | 1:19.9 | +11.4s | 5 | 15 | 19. |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Joyce Cooper | Great Britain | 1:09.0 OR | +0.5s | 3 | 23 | 3. | | 2. Josephine McKim | United States | 1:09.3 | +0.8s | 4 | 22 | 5. | | 3. Neville Frances Bult | Australia | 1:11.4 | +2.9s | 2 | 19 | 7. | | 4. Maria Vierdag | Netherlands | 1:13.3 | +4.8s | 1 | 26 | 12. | | 5. Irene Mullen-Warwick | Canada | 1:15.2 | +6.7s | 5 | 18 | 14. |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Helene Madison | United States | 1:08.9 OR | +0.4s | 4 | 19 | 2. | | 2. Jenny Maakal | South Africa | 1:11.0 | +2.5s | 2 | 19 | 6. | | 3. Else Lilly Andersen |  Denmark | 1:11.6 | +3.1s | 1 | 17 | 8. | | 4. Edna Hughes | Great Britain | 1:15.1 | +6.6s | 3 | 16 | 13. | | 5. Kazue Kojima | Japan | 1:16.2 | +7.7s | 5 | 15 | 16. |
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| Heat 4 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Eleanor Garatti-Saville | United States | 1:08.5 OR | | 3 | 23 | 1. | | 2. Willy Den Ouden | Netherlands | 1:09.2 | +0.7s | 5 | 14 | 4. | | 3. Yukie Arata | Japan | 1:16.1 | +7.6s | 4 | 17 | 15. | | 4. Irene Pirie-Milton | Canada | 1:16.3 | +7.8s | 2 | 18 | 17. | | 5. Maria Lenk |  Brazil | 1:25.8 | +17.3s | 1 | 17 | 20. |
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