200 metres, Women
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gladys Erbetta |  ARG |
| 2 | Lilián Heinz | ARG |
| 3 | Winsome Cripps |  AUS |
| 4 | Marjorie Jackson | AUS |
| 5 | Deise de Castro |  BRA |
| 6 | Tsvetana Berkovska |  BUL |
| 7 | Luella Law |  CAN |
| 8 | Eleanor McKenzie | CAN |
| 9 | Tiny O'Halloran | CAN |
| 10 | Adriana Millard |  CHI |
| 11 | Pirkko Länsivuori |  FIN |
| 12 | Marcelle Gabarrus |  FRA |
| 13 | Anne-Marie Lousteau | FRA |
| 14 | Sylvia Cheeseman |  GBR |
| 15 | Patricia Devine | GBR |
| 16 | Ann Johnson | GBR |
| 17 | Helga Klein |  GER |
| 18 | Ursula Knab | GER |
| 19 | Graviola Ewing |  GUA |
| 20 | Olga Gyarmati |  HUN |
| 21 | Klára Soós | HUN |
| 22 | Mary D'Souza |  IND |
| 23 | Vera Martelli |  ITA |
| 24 | Hyacinth Walters |  JAM |
| 25 | Puck Brouwer |  NED |
| 26 | Gré de Jongh | NED |
| 27 | Maria Arndt |  POL |
| 28 | Genowefa Minicka | POL |
| 29 | Eulalia Szwajkowska | POL |
| 30 | Emma Konrad |  ROU |
| 31 | Alexandra Sicoe | ROU |
| 32 | Daphne Hasenjäger |  RSA |
| 33 | Flora Kazantseva |  URS |
| 34 | Nadezhda Khnik'ina | URS |
| 35 | Yevgeniya Sechenova | URS |
| 36 | Dolores Dwyer |  USA |
| 37 | Mae Faggs | USA |
| 38 | Cathy Hardy | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilián Buglia | ARG |
| 2 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | AUS |
| 3 | Maria Sander | GER |
| 4 | Maria Musso | ITA |
| 5 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED |
| 6 | Jorun Tangen |  NOR |
| 7 | Sonja Prétôt |  SUI |