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Date: 24 November 1956 / 26 November 1956
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 11.5 |
| 2 | Christa Stubnick | GER | 11.7 |
| 3 | Marlene Mathews | AUS | 11.7 |
| 4 | Isabelle Daniels | USA | 11.8 |
| 5 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.9 |
| 6 | Heather Armitage | GBR | 12.0 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 7 | Gisela Kohler | GER | 11.9 |
| 8 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.9 |
| 9 | June Paul | GBR | 12.1 |
| 9 | Galina Rezchikova | URS | 12.1 |
| 11 | Galina Popova | URS | 12.2 |
| 12 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 12.4 |
| Heats | |||
| 13 | Anne Pashley | GBR | 11.7 |
| 14 | Eleanor Haslam | CAN | 11.8 |
| 15 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | AUS | 11.9 |
| 16 | Lucinda Williams | USA | 12.0 |
| 17 | Inge Fuhrmann | GER | 12.2 |
| 17 | Mae Faggs | USA | 12.2 |
| 17 | Maria Kusion | POL | 12.2 |
| 17 | Maureen Rever | CAN | 12.2 |
| 17 | Barbara Lerczak | POL | 12.2 |
| 17 | Maria Musso | ITA | 12.2 |
| 17 | Halina Richter | POL | 12.2 |
| 24 | Maeve Kyle | IRL | 12.3 |
| 24 | Margaret Stuart | NZL | 12.3 |
| 26 | Diane Matheson | CAN | 12.4 |
| 26 | Micheline Fluchot | FRA | 12.4 |
| 26 | Franca Peggion | ITA | 12.4 |
| 29 | Annie Choong | MAL | 12.5 |
| 29 | Elaine Winter | RSA | 12.5 |
| 31 | Mary Klass | SIN | 12.6 |
| 32 | Claudette Masdammer | GUY | 12.7 |
| 33 | Janet Jesudason | SIN | 13.2 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Mary Rao | IND | ||