| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | | 1. Olga Gyarmati |  HUN | 5.695m | 23 | | 2. Noemí Simonetto de Portela |  ARG | 5.600m | 22 | | 3. Ann-Britt Leyman |  SWE | 5.575m | 26 | | 4. Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs |  NED | 5.570m | 24 | | 5. Nel Karelse | NED | 5.545m | 22 | | 6. Kathleen Russell |  JAM | 5.495m | 20 | | 7. Judy Canty |  AUS | 5.380m | 16 | | 8. Yvonne Chabot-Curtet |  FRA | 5.350m | 28 | | 9. Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch |  AUT | 5.240m | 26 | | 10.Ilse Steinegger | AUT | 5.195m | 22 | | 11.Vinton Beckett | JAM | 5.145m | 25 | | 12.Emma Reed |  USA | 4.845m | 23 |
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Qualification - Wednesday 04.08 | | mark - 5.30m. 10 athletes reached the mark. 2 best were added. |
| Group A | Dist. | Y | | 1. Yvonne Chabot-Curtet | FRA | 5.640m | 28 | | 2. Kathleen Russell | JAM | 5.610m | 20 | | 3. Noemí Simonetto de Portela | ARG | 5.560m | 22 | | 4. Ann-Britt Leyman | SWE | 5.470m | 26 | | 5. Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs | NED | 5.440m | 24 | | 6. Vinton Beckett | JAM | 5.435m | 25 | | 7. Olga Gyarmati | HUN | 5.430m | 23 | | 8. Nel Karelse | NED | 5.360m | 22 | | 9. Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch | AUT | 5.350m | 26 | | 10.Ilse Steinegger | AUT | 5.300m | 22 | | 11.Judy Canty | AUS | 5.290m | 16 | | 11.Emma Reed | USA | 5.290m | 23 | | 13.Kaisa Parviainen |  FIN | 5.270m | 33 | | 14.Silvana Pierucci |  ITA | 5.235m | 19 | | 15.Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones |  BER | 5.230m | 19 | | 16.Elaine Silburn |  CAN | 5.220m | | | 17.Henryka Słomczewska-Nowak |  POL | 5.180m | 33 | | 17.Jean Walraven | USA | 5.180m | 21 | | 19.Margaret Erskine |  GBR | 5.140m | 22 | | 20.Lorna Lee | GBR | 5.120m | 17 | | 20.Gertrudes Morg |  BRA | 5.120m | 23 | | 22.June Maston | AUS | 5.060m | 20 | | 23.Joan Shepherd | GBR | 5.005m | 24 | | 24.Marguerite Martel | FRA | 4.950m | 24 | | 25.Milly Ludwig |  LUX | 4.505m | 21 | | -. Lillian Young | USA | NM | 20 |
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