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Date: 27 November 1956 / 28 November 1956
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | AUS | 10.7 |
| 2 | Gisela Kohler | GER | 10.9 |
| 3 | Norma Thrower | AUS | 11.0 |
| 4 | Galina Bystrova | URS | 11.0 |
| 5 | Maria Golubnichaia | URS | 11.3 |
| 6 | Gloria Cooke | AUS | 11.4 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 7 | Centa Gastl | GER | 11.1 |
| 7 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 11.1 |
| 9 | Bertha Diaz | CUB | 11.2 |
| 10 | Margaret Stuart | NZL | 11.3 |
| 10 | Elaine Winter | RSA | 11.3 |
| 12 | Carole Quinton | GBR | 11.4 |
| Heats | |||
| 13 | Maria Sander | GER | 11.1 |
| 14 | Angele Picado | FRA | 11.5 |
| 14 | Nila Bessedina | URS | 11.5 |
| 16 | Barbara Mueller | USA | 11.6 |
| 17 | Francisca Sanopal | PHI | 11.8 |
| 18 | Constance Darnowski | USA | 11.9 |
| 18 | Pauline Wainwright | GBR | 11.9 |
| 18 | Irene Robertson | USA | 11.9 |
| 21 | Manolita Cinco | PHI | 12.1 |
| 22 | Milena Greppi | ITA | 12.3 |