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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ann Packer | GBR | 52.7 |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 53.8 |
| 3 | Antonia Munkacsi | HUN | 54.0 |
| 4 | Evelyne Lebret | FRA | 54.5 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Grieveson | GBR | 54.8 |
| 6 | Una Morris | JAM | 54.9 |
| 7 | Margret Buscher | GER | 55.2 |
| 8 | Kiyoko Ogawa | JPN | 57.1 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Judith Amoore | AUS | 53.3 |
| 2 | Maria Itkina | URS | 53.5 |
| 3 | Mathilda Van Der Zwaard | NED | 54.1 |
| 4 | Gertrud Schmidt | GER | 54.2 |
| 5 | Patricia Kippax | GBR | 54.4 |
| 6 | Janell Smith | USA | 54.5 |
| 7 | Maeve Kyle | IRL | 55.3 |
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| Olga Kazi | HUN | ||