Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31.Results
Top 12 jumpers and all ties plus all jumpers reaching 5.80 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.Qualifying
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | Notes |
| 1 | Mary Bignal | | 6.33 | foul | 6.33 | pass | |
| 2 | Hildrun Claus | | 6.21 | 6.21 | pass | pass | |
| 3 | Vera Kolashnikova | | 6.14 | 6.14 | pass | pass | |
| 4 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | | 6.13 | 6.13 | pass | pass | |
| 5 | Beverly Weigel | | 6.12 | foul | 6.12 | pass | |
| 6 | Willye White | | 6.07 | 6.07 | pass | pass | |
| 7 | Renate Junker | | 6.00 | 6.00 | pass | pass | |
| 8 | Helen Frith | | 5.98 | 5.98 | pass | pass | |
| 9 | Madeleine Thétu | | 5.96 | 5.74 | 5.96 | foul | |
| 10 | Maria Piątkowska | | 5.95 | 5.95 | pass | pass | |
| 11 | Maria Kusion | | 5.92 | 5.92 | foul | foul | |
| 12 | Helga Hoffmann | | 5.90 | 5.62 | foul | 5.90 | |
| 13 | Joke Bijleveld | | 5.90 | 5.90 | pass | pass | |
| 14 | Fumiko Ito | | 5.88 | 5.71 | 5.88 | foul | |
| 15 | Brita Johansson | | 5.84 | 5.65 | 5.84 | foul | |
| 16 | Liudmyla Radchenko | | 5.83 | 5.70 | 5.83 | pass | |
| 17 | Christina Persighetti | | 5.82 | 5.82 | pass | pass | |
| 18T | Norma Croker | | 5.80 | 5.80 | pass | pass | |
| 18T | Valentina Shaprunova | | 5.80 | 5.80 | pass | pass | |
| 20 | Akiko Fukuda | | 5.78 | 5.78 | foul | foul | |
| 21 | Piera Tizzoni | | 5.65 | 5.63 | foul | 5.65 | |
| 22 | Vlasta Přikrylová | | 5.64 | 5.64 | 5.57 | foul | |
| 23 | Sylvia Mitchell | | 5.60 | 5.47 | 5.20 | 5.60 | |
| 24 | Visitación Badana | | 5.59 | 5.38 | 5.59 | foul | |
| 25 | Lin Chau-tai | | 5.51 | 5.51 | 4.54 | 5.10 | |
| 26 | Yasuko Kimura | | 5.45 | foul | foul | 5.45 | |
| 27 | Sally McCallum | | 5.22 | 4.97 | foul | 5.22 | |
| 28 | Ilana Karaszyk | | 5.08 | 4.78 | 4.92 | 5.08 | |
| 29 | Aycan Önel | | 4.97 | 4.97 | 4.92 | 4.84 | |
| - | Annie Smith | | - | foul | foul | foul | NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
| Vera Kolashnikova | | 6.37 | 6.17 | 6.01 | 6.22 | 6.37 OR | 6.17 | foul | OR |
| Elżbieta Krzesińska | | 6.27 | foul | 6.17 | foul | 6.25 | foul | 6.27 | |
| Hildrun Claus | | 6.21 | 6.21 | 6.18 | foul | foul | 6.13 | 6.11 | |
| 4 | Renate Junker | | 6.19 | 6.17 | 5.94 | 6.05 | 6.19 | 6.11 | 6.10 | |
| 5 | Liudmyla Radchenko | | 6.16 | 5.99 | 6.00 | 6.16 | 5.83 | 5.91 | 5.90 | |
| 6 | Helga Hoffmann | | 6.11 | 6.02 | 5.88 | 6.11 | foul | foul | 6.09 | |
| 7 | Joke Bijleveld | | 6.11 | 6.11 | foul | foul | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Valentina Shaprunova | | 6.01 | 6.01 | 5.95 | 5.77 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Mary Bignal | | 6.01 | foul | foul | 6.01 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Beverly Weigel | | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.81 | 5.91 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Maria Piątkowska | | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.67 | 5.86 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Fumiko Ito | | 5.98 | 5.82 | 5.98 | 5.74 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Maria Kusion | | 5.86 | 5.86 | 5.50 | foul | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Madeleine Thétu | | 5.85 | 5.73 | 5.85 | 5.83 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Norma Croker | | 5.82 | 5.82 | 5.64 | 5.75 | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Willye White | | 5.77 | 5.77 | foul | 5.28 | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Helen Frith | | 5.62 | foul | 5.62 | 5.61 | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Brita Johansson | | 5.57 | 5.57 | 5.56 | 5.52 | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Christina Persighetti | | 5.57 | 5.46 | 5.42 | 5.57 | - | - | - | - |
Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark
