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Date: 7 December 1956
Summary
Final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Lorraine Crapp | AUS | 4:54.6 |
| 2 | Dawn Fraser | AUS | 5:02.5 |
| 3 | Sylvia Ruuska | USA | 5:07.1 |
| 4 | Marley Shriver | USA | 5:12.9 |
| 5 | Rypsyma Szekely | HUN | 5:14.2 |
| 6 | Sandra Morgan | AUS | 5:14.3 |
| 7 | Heda Frost | FRA | 5:15.4 |
| 8 | Valeria Gyenge | HUN | 5:21.0 |