| Final 28.08 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Marie Braun |   Netherlands | 1:22.8 |   |   | - |  | 2. Joyce Cooper |   Great Britain | 1:23.6 |   | 0.8s | - |  | 3. Phyllis Harding |   Great Britain | 1:24.8 |   | 2.0s | - |  | 4. Jenny Korthof |   Netherlands | 1:27.8 |   | 5.0s | - |  | 5. Therese Humblot |   France | 1:28.6 |   | 5.8s | - |  | 6. Therese Blondeau |   France | 1:30.0 |   | 7.2s | - |   
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 Heats - Wednesday, 26th August |  | Best 3 times from each Heat advanced to Final. |   
| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Marie Braun |   Netherlands | 1:24.8 |   |   | - |  | 2. Joyce Cooper |   Great Britain | 1:26.6 |   | 1.8s | - |  | 3. Therese Biondeau |   France | 1:28.6 |   | 3.8s | - |  | 4. Maliasz |   Hungary | 1:31.6 |   | 7.8s | - |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Phyllis Harding |   Great Britain | 1:24.4 |   |   | - |  | 2. Therese Humbolt |   France | 1:27.6 |   | 3.2s | - |  | 2. Jenny Korthof |   Netherlands | 1:27.6 |   | 3.2s | - |  | 4. Lempret |   Yugoslavia | 1:37.6 |   | 13.2s | - |   
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