[1] In the final, Betty Cuthbert clearly beat her teammate Marlene Mathews-Willard out of the blocks, with Heather Armitage and Isabelle Daniels out quickly in close contention.

Christa Stubnick had a burst of acceleration to quickly draw even with Daniels as Armitage was unable to hold her speed.

Cuthbert expanded upon her slight advantage to pull away to a clear win.

Stubnick was able to separate slightly from Daniels with Mathews-Willard steadily gaining from the back.

Mathews-Willard caught Daniels and almost nipped Stubnick, clearly the fastest moving athlete at the finish.