Semi 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. | 1. Hendrika Mastenbroek | Netherlands | 1:06.4 | =OR | 4 | 17 | 1. | 2. Gisela Arendt | Germany | 1:07.2 | +0.8s | 2 | 17 | 4. | 3. Katherine Rawls | United States | 1:08.5 | +2.1s | 8 | 19 | 5. | 4. Tini Wagner | Netherlands | 1:08.6 | +2.2s | 7 | 16 | 6. | 5. Piedade Coutinho | Brazil | 1:09.6 | +3.2s | 5 | 16 | 8. | 6. Phyllis Dewar | Canada | 1:09.6 | +3.2s | 6 | 20 | 8. | 7. Kazue Kojima | Japan | 1:11.1 | +4.7s | 3 | 19 | 12. | 8. Magda Lenkei | Hungary | 1:12.1 | +5.7s | 1 | 19 | 14. |
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Semi 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk. | 1. Jeanette Campbell | Argentina | 1:06.6 | +0.2s | 1 | 20 | 2. | 2. Willy Den Ouden | Netherlands | 1:06.7 | +0.3s | 6 | 18 | 3. | 3. Olive McKean | United States | 1:08.9 | +2.5s | 8 | 20 | 7. | 4. Bernice Lapp | United States | 1:09.6 | +3.2s | 5 | 18 | 8. | 5. Evelyn De Lacy | Australia | 1:10.0 | +3.6s | 3 | 18 | 11. | 6. Olive L Wadham | Great Britain | 1:12.0 | +5.6s | 4 | 27 | 13. | 7. Margaret Anne Stone | Canada | 1:12.8 | +6.4s | 2 | 17 | 15. | 8. Ragnhild Hveger Andersen | Denmark | 1:14.0 | +7.6s | 7 | 15 | 16. |
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