| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norma Croker |  AUS |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS |
| 3 | Fleur Mellor | AUS |
| 4 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | AUS |
| 5 | Eleanor Haslam |  CAN |
| 6 | Dorothy Kozak | CAN |
| 7 | Diane Matheson | CAN |
| 8 | Maureen Rever | CAN |
| 9 | Catherine Capdevielle |  FRA |
| 10 | Micheline Fluchot | FRA |
| 11 | Simone Henry | FRA |
| 12 | Angèle Picado | FRA |
| 13 | Heather Armitage |  GBR |
| 14 | June Paul | GBR |
| 15 | Anne Pashley | GBR |
| 16 | Jean Scrivens | GBR |
| 17 | Gisela Köhler |  GER |
| 18 | Bärbel Mayer | GER |
| 19 | Maria Sander | GER |
| 20 | Christa Stubnick | GER |
| 21 | Letizia Bertoni |  ITA |
| 22 | Milena Greppi | ITA |
| 23 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA |
| 24 | Maria Musso | ITA |
| 25 | Maria Kusion |  POL |
| 26 | Barbara Lerczak | POL |
| 27 | Genowefa Minicka | POL |
| 28 | Halina Richter | POL |
| 29 | Mariya Itkina |  URS |
| 30 | Vera Krepkina | URS |
| 31 | Galina Rezchikova | URS |
| 32 | Irina Bochkaryova | URS |
| 33 | Isabelle Daniels |  USA |
| 34 | Mae Faggs | USA |
| 35 | Margaret Matthews | USA |
| 36 | Wilma Rudolph | USA |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloria Cooke | AUS |
| 2 | Marlene Mathews | AUS |
| 3 | Jackie MacDonald | CAN |
| 4 | Alice Whitty | CAN |
| 5 | Marthe Lambert | FRA |
| 6 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR |
| 7 | Sheila Hoskin | GBR |
| 8 | Carole Quinton | GBR |
| 9 | Pauline Wainwright | GBR |
| 10 | Erika Fisch | GER |
| 11 | Inge Fuhrmann | GER |
| 12 | Paola Paternoster | ITA |
| 13 | Franca Peggion | ITA |
| 14 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | POL |
| 15 | Nadezhda Dvalishvili | URS |
| 16 | Olga Kosheleva | URS |
| 17 | Galina Popova | URS |
| 18 | Vera Yugova | URS |
| 19 | Rebecca Ayars | USA |
| 20 | Meredith Ellis | USA |
| 21 | Barbara Mueller | USA |
| 22 | Lucinda Williams | USA |
