| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Eleanor Holm |  United States | 1:19.4 | | | 18 | | 2. Philomena Mealing |  Australia | 1:21.3 | +1.9s | | 19 | | 3. Valerie Davies |  Great Britain | 1:22.5 | +3.1s | | 20 | | 4. Phyllis Harding | Great Britain | 1:22.6 | +3.2s | | 24 | | 5. Joan McSheehy | United States | 1:23.2 | +3.8s | | 19 | | 6. Joyce Cooper | Great Britain | 1:23.4 | +4.0s | | 23 | | -. Maria Philipsen-Braun |  Netherlands | DNS | | | 21 |
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| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Eleanor Holm | United States | 1:18.3 | OR | 1 | 18 | 1. | | 2. Philomena Mealing | Australia | 1:21.6 | +3.3s | 2 | 19 | 2. | | 3. Phyllis Harding | Great Britain | 1:22.5 | +4.2s | 5 | 24 | 4. | | 4. Puck Oversloot | Netherlands | 1:23.5 | +5.2s | 4 | 18 | 6. | | 5. Misao Yokota |  Japan | 1:25.1 | +6.8s | 3 | 15 | 9. |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Valerie Davies | Great Britain | 1:22.0 | +3.7s | 4 | 20 | 3. | | 2. Joan Mcsheehy | United States | 1:22.5 | +4.2s | 5 | 19 | 4. | | 3. Ruth Kerr |  Canada | 1:28.2 | +9.9s | 1 | 16 | 10. | | -. Maria Lenk |  Brazil | DSQ | | 2 | 17 | | | -. Willy Den Ouden | Netherlands | DNS | | 3 | 14 | |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Maria Philipsen-Braun | Netherlands | 1:23.8 | +5.5s | 1 | 21 | 7. | | 2. Joyce Cooper | Great Britain | 1:25.0 | +6.7s | 4 | 23 | 8. | | 3. Marjorie Linton | Canada | 1:29.1 | +10.8s | 2 | 15 | 11. | | -. Jenny Maakal |  South Africa | DNS | | 3 | 19 | | | -. Louisa Robert | United States | DNS | | 5 | | |
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