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Date: 28 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Inessa Iaounzem | URS | 53.86m [176' 8 ½"] |
| 2 | Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 50.38m [165' 3 ½"] |
| 3 | Nadejda Koniaeva | URS | 50.28m [164' 11 ½"] |
| 4 | Dana Zatopkova | TCH | 49.83m [163' 5 ¾"] |
| 5 | Ingrid Almqvist | SWE | 49.74m [163' 2 ¼"] |
| 6 | Urszula Figwer | POL | 48.16m [158' 0"] |
| 7 | Erzsebet Vigh | HUN | 48.07m [157' 8 ½"] |
| 8 | Karen Anderson | USA | 48.00m [157' 5 ¾"] |
| 9 | Anna Wojtaszek | POL | 46.92m [153' 11 ¼"] |
| 10 | Erika Raue | GER | 45.87m [150' 6"] |
| 11 | Marjorie Larney | USA | 45.27m [148' 6 ¼"] |
| 12 | Yoriko Shida | JPN | 44.96m [147' 6"] |
| 13 | Almut Brommel | GER | 44.67m [146' 6 ¾"] |
| 14 | Amelia Wershoven | USA | 44.29m [145' 3 ¾"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Paola Paternoster | ITA | ||
| Heather Innis | AUS | ||
| Ida George | CAN | ||
| June Heath | AUS | ||
| Maureen Wright | AUS | ||