| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert |  AUS |
| 2 | Pat Duggan | AUS |
| 3 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS |
| 4 | Snezhana Kerkova |  BUL |
| 5 | Eleanor Haslam |  CAN |
| 6 | Valerie Jerome | CAN |
| 7 | Nancy Lewington | CAN |
| 8 | Vivi Markussen |  DEN |
| 9 | Catherine Capdevielle |  FRA |
| 10 | Dorothy Hyman |  GBR |
| 11 | Ann Jenner | GBR |
| 12 | Jenny Smart | GBR |
| 13 | Brunhilde Hendrix |  GER |
| 14 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GER |
| 15 | Hannelore Raepke | GER |
| 16 | Maeve Kyle |  IRL |
| 17 | Ilana Adir |  ISR |
| 18 | Giuseppina Leone |  ITA |
| 19 | Val Morgan |  NZL |
| 20 | Carlota Gooden |  PAN |
| 21 | Jean Holmes | PAN |
| 22 | Mona Sulaiman |  PHI |
| 23 | Teresa Wieczorek |  POL |
| 24 | Halina Richter | POL |
| 25 | Aycan Önel |  TUR |
| 26 | Mariya Itkina |  URS |
| 27 | Vera Krepkina | URS |
| 28 | Martha Hudson |  USA |
| 29 | Barbara Jones | USA |
| 30 | Wilma Rudolph | USA |
| 31 | Olga Šikovec |  YUG |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulla Flegel |  AUT |
| 2 | Erzsébet Heldt |  HUN |
| 3 | Antónia Munkácsi | HUN |
| 4 | Siloo Mystri |  IND |
| 5 | Alena Stolzová |  TCH |
| 6 | Irina Press | URS |
