The women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall II from 22 to 23 July.

The four apparatus that would become standard (floor, balance beam, uneven bars, and vault) were all used in the same Games for the first time.

For each individual exercise, five judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments.

For the other three apparatus exercises, the competitor had the option to make a second try only on the compulsory exercise—with the second attempt counting regardless of whether it was better than the first.

For both compulsory and voluntary floor exercises, and voluntary exercises in the non-floor, non-vault apparatuses, only one attempt could be made.