100 metres, Women
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noemí Simonetto de Portela |  ARG |
| 2 | Joyce King |  AUS |
| 3 | Betty McKinnon | AUS |
| 4 | Shirley Strickland | AUS |
| 5 | Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch |  AUT |
| 6 | Grete Pavlousek | AUT |
| 7 | Marie-Thérèse Renard |  BEL |
| 8 | Phyllis Edness |  BER |
| 9 | Phyllis Lightbourn | BER |
| 10 | Helena de Menezes |  BRA |
| 11 | Elizabeth Müller | BRA |
| 12 | Benedicta Oliveira | BRA |
| 13 | Millie Cheater |  CAN |
| 14 | Pat Jones | CAN |
| 15 | Viola Myers | CAN |
| 16 | Betty Kretschmer |  CHI |
| 17 | Bente Bergendorff |  DEN |
| 18 | Birthe Nielsen | DEN |
| 19 | Grethe Lovsø Nielsen | DEN |
| 20 | Jeannine Moussier |  FRA |
| 21 | Doris Batter |  GBR |
| 22 | Winnie Jordan | GBR |
| 23 | Dorothy Manley | GBR |
| 24 | Liliana Tagliaferri |  ITA |
| 25 | Kathleen Russell |  JAM |
| 26 | Cynthia Thompson | JAM |
| 27 | Tilly Decker |  LUX |
| 28 | Fanny Blankers-Koen |  NED |
| 29 | Gré de Jongh | NED |
| 30 | Xenia Stad-de Jong | NED |
| 31 | Liv Paulsen |  NOR |
| 32 | Daphne Robb |  RSA |
| 33 | Olga Šicnerová |  TCH |
| 34 | Üner Teoman |  TUR |
| 35 | Mickey Patterson |  USA |
| 36 | Mabel Walker | USA |
| 37 | Lillian Young | USA |
| 38 | Alma Butia |  YUG |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elfriede Steurer | AUT |
| 2 | Léa Caurla | FRA |
| 3 | Liliane Sprécher | FRA |
| 4 | Lenke Eirandt |  HUN |
| 5 | Jolán Mertin | HUN |
| 6 | Zsuzsa Szigeti-Varga | HUN |
| 7 | Mavis Evelyn | JAM |
| 8 | Carmen Phipps | JAM |