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Date: 27 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Elzbieta Krzesinska | POL | 6.35m [20' 10"] |
| 2 | Willye White | USA | 6.09m [19' 11 ¾"] |
| 3 | Nadejda Dvalichvili | URS | 6.07m [19' 11"] |
| 4 | Erika Fisch | GER | 5.89m [19' 4"] |
| 5 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 5.88m [19' 3 ½"] |
| 6 | Valentina Chaprounova | URS | 5.85m [19' 2 ¼"] |
| 7 | Beverly Weigel | NZL | 5.85m [19' 2 ¼"] |
| 8 | Nancy Borwick | AUS | 5.82m [19' 1 ¼"] |
| 9 | Maria Kusion | POL | 5.79m [19' 0"] |
| 10 | Helga Hoffmann | GER | 5.73m [18' 9 ½"] |
| 11 | Olga Gyarmati | HUN | 5.66m [18' 6 ¾"] |
| 12 | Genowefa Minicka | POL | 5.64m [18' 6"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Dorothy Kozak | CAN | ||
| Sheila Hoskin | GBR | ||
| Erica Willis | AUS | ||
| Yoshie Takahashi | JPN | ||
| Margaret Johnson | AUS | ||
| Margaret Matthews | USA | ||
| Thelma Hopkins | GBR | ||