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Date: 29 November 1956 / 30 November 1956
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ursula Happe | GER | 2:53.1 |
| 2 | Eva Szekely | HUN | 2:54.8 |
| 3 | Eva-Maria ten Elsen | GER | 2:55.1 |
| 4 | Vinka Jericevic | YUG | 2:55.8 |
| 5 | Klara Killermann | HUN | 2:56.1 |
| 6 | Helen Gordon | GBR | 2:56.1 |
| 7 | Mary Jane Sears | USA | 2:57.2 |
| 8 | Christine Gosden | GBR | 2:59.2 |
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| 9 | Jytte Hansen | DEN | 2:59.8 |
| 10 | Colette Goossens | BEL | 3:00.5 |
| 11 | Eva Gerard-Novak | BEL | 3:02.7 |
| 12 | Barbara Evans | AUS | 3:03.6 |
| 13 | Elena Zennaro | ITA | 3:05.2 |
| 14 | Ria Tobing | INA | 3:14.2 |