| Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 100 meters |
Fanny Blankers-Koen |
Dorothy Manley |
Shirley Strickland |
| 200 meters | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Audrey Williamson |
Audrey Patterson |
| 80 meters hurdles |
Fanny Blankers-Koen | Maureen Gardner |
Shirley Strickland |
| 4 x 100 meters relay |
Kenia Stad-de Jong Netty Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen |
Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King |
Viola Myers Nancy MacKay Diane Foster Patricia Jones |
| High Jump |
Alice Coachman |
Dorothy Tyler |
Micheline Ostermeyer |
| Long Jump |
Olga Gyarmati |
Noemi Simonetto |
Ann-Britt Leyman |
| Shot Put |
Micheline Ostermeyer | Amelia Piccinini |
Ine Schaffer |
| Discus Throw |
Micheline Ostermeyer | Edera Cordiale |
Jacqueline Mazeas |
| Javelin Throw |
Herma Bauma |
Kaisa Parvianen |
Lily Carlstedt |
