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Date: 1 December 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Mildred McDaniel | USA | 1.76m [5' 9 ¼"] |
| 2 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 2 | Maria Pissareva | URS | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 4 | Gunhild Larking | SWE | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 5 | Iolanda Balas | ROU | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 6 | Michele Mason | AUS | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 7 | Jessie Donaghy | NZL | 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"] |
| 8 | Hermina Geyser | RSA | 1.64m [5' 4 ½"] |
| 8 | Jirina Voborilova | TCH | 1.64m [5' 4 ½"] |
| 10 | Olga Modrachova | TCH | 1.64m [5' 4 ½"] |
| 11 | Valentina Ballod | URS | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| 12 | Reinelde Knapp | AUT | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| 12 | Dorothy Tyler | GBR | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| 14 | Carole Bernoth | AUS | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| 15 | Janice Cooper | AUS | 1.55m [5' 1"] |
| 16 | Audrey Bennett | GBR | 1.55m [5' 1"] |
| 16 | Alice Whitty | CAN | 1.55m [5' 1"] |
| 18 | Inge Kilian | GER | 1.55m [5' 1"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Ann Marie Flynn | USA | ||