| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Tineke Lagerberg |  Netherlands | 1:11.9 | ECR | | 4 | | 2. Atie Voorbij | Netherlands | 1:12.1 | | +0.2s | 5 | | 3. Marta Skupilová |  Czechoslovakia | 1:14.3 | | +2.4s | 3 | | 4. Christine Gosden |  Great Britain | 1:14.3 | | +2.4s | 2 | | 5. Jutta Langenau |  East Germany | 1:14.3 | | +2.4s | 1 | | 6. Kristina Larsson |  Sweden | 1:15.1 | | +3.2s | 7 | | 7. Jean Oldroyd | Great Britain | 1:15.9 | | +4.0s | 6 | | 8. Brigitta Lindquist | Sweden | 1:15.9 | | +4.0s | 8 |
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| World Record: Nancy Ramey, United States 1:09.6 Los Angeles, United States 28th June 1958 | | European Record: Atie Voorbij, Netherlands 1:10.5 Rhenen 4th August 1957 | | Championship Record: |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Atie Voorbij | Netherlands | 1:12.9 | Q | | 7. Brigitta Lindquist | Sweden | 1:15.6 | Q | | 10.Renate Wrann | East Germany | 1:16.0 | | | 10.Valentyina Poznyjak |  Soviet Union | 1:16.0 | | | 14.Paola Saini |  Italy | 1:22.3 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Marta Skupilová | Czechoslovakia | 1:14.1 | Q | | 4. Jean Oldroyd | Great Britain | 1:14.8 | Q | | 5. Christine Gosden | Great Britain | 1:15.0 | Q | | 9. Galina Kamajeva | Soviet Union | 1:15.9 | | | 13.Annie Caron |  France | 1:21.7 | | | 15.Anna Beneck | Italy | 1:22.7 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Tineke Lagerberg | Netherlands | 1:12.6 | Q | | 6. Kristina Larsson | Sweden | 1:15.3 | Q | | 7. Jutta Langenau | East Germany | 1:15.6 | Q | | 12.Littomeritzky Mária |  Hungary | 1:17.7 | | | 15.Marcela Jelínková | Czechoslovakia | 1:22.7 | | | 17.Gebhardt Gizella | Hungary | 1:23.8 | |
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