| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | | 1. Micheline Ostermeyer |  FRA | 13.750m | 25 | | 2. Amelia Piccinini |  ITA | 13.095m | 31 | | 3. Ine Schäffer |  AUT | 13.080m | 25 | | 4. Paulette Veste | FRA | 12.985m | 20 | | 5. Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková |  TCH | 12.920m | 21 | | 6. Anni Bruk | AUT | 12.500m | 24 | | 7. Marija Radosavljević |  YUG | 12.355m | 21 | | 8. Bevis Reid |  GBR | 12.170m | 29 | | 9. Ingeborg Mello |  ARG | 12.085m | 29 | | 10.Paulette Laurent | FRA | 12.030m | 22 | | 11.Eivor Olson |  SWE | 11.840m | 25 | | 12.Marianne Schläger | AUT | 11.775m | 27 |
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Qualification - Wednesday 04.08 | | mark - 12.30m. -- athletes reached the mark. - best were added. |
| Group A | Dist. | Y | | 1. Micheline Ostermeyer | FRA | 13.140m | 25 | | -. Eivor Olson | SWE | 12.620m | 25 | | -. Bevis Reid | GBR | 12.570m | 29 | | -. Amelia Piccinini | ITA | &m | 31 | | -. Ine Schäffer | AUT | &m | 25 | | -. Paulette Veste | FRA | &m | 20 | | -. Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková | TCH | &m | 21 | | -. Anni Bruk | AUT | &m | 24 | | -. Marija Radosavljević | YUG | &m | 21 | | -. Ingeborg Mello | ARG | &m | 29 | | -. Paulette Laurent | FRA | &m | 22 | | -. Marianne Schläger | AUT | &m | 27 | | 13.Elisabeth Müller |  BRA | 11.870m | 22 | | 14.Frances Kaszubski |  USA | 11.310m | 32 | | 15.Ans Panhorst-Niesink |  NED | 11.180m | 29 | | 16.Dorothy Dodson | USA | 11.055m | 29 | | 17.Elspeth Whyte | GBR | 10.755m | 21 | | 18.Liv Paulsen |  NOR | 10.200m | 22 | | 19.Margaret Birtwhistle | GBR | 9.740m | 23 |
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