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Olympic Games - Results Women 1960
Italy - Roma - 31 August 1960 - 10 September 1960
Women's Long jump - 31 August 1960
| 1 |  Vira Kalashnykova-Krepkina (URS) | 6.37 |
| 2 |  Elzbieta Krzesinska-Dunska (POL) | 6.27 |
| 3 |  Hildrun Laufer-claus (GER) | 6.21 |
| 4 | Renate Junker (GER) | 6.19 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Radchenko (URS) | 6.16 |
| 6 |  Helga Hoffmann (FDR) | 6.11 |
| 7 |  Joke Bijleveld (NED) | 6.11 |
| 8 | Valentina Shaprunova (URS) | 6.01 |
| 9 |  Mary Bignal-Rand (GBR) | 6.01 |
| 10 |  Beverly Weigel (NZL) | 5.98 |
| 11 | Maria Piatkowska-Chojnacka-Ilwicka (POL) | 5.98 |
| 12 |  Fumiko Ito (JPN) | 5.98 |
| 13 | Maria Kusion-Bibro (POL) | 5.86 |
| 14 |  Madeleine Thétu (FRA) | 5.85 |
| 15 |  Norma Croker-Fleming (AUS) | 5.82 |
| 16 |  Willye White (USA) | 5.77 |
| 17 | Helen Frith (AUS) | 5.62 |
| 18 |  Brita Johansson (FIN) | 5.57 |
| 19 | Christina Persighetti (GBR) | 5.57 |
Women's Javelin throw - 1 September 1960
| 1 | Elvra Ozolia (URS) | 55.98 |
| 2 |  Dana Ingrová-Zátopková (CZE) | 53.78 |
| 3 | Birute Kalediene (URS) | 53.45 |
| 4 | Vlasta Pesková (CZE) | 52.56 |
| 5 | Urszula Figwer (POL) | 52.33 |
| 6 | Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera (AUS) | 51.15 |
| 7 | Sue Platt (GBR) | 51.01 |
| 8 | Alla Shastitko (URS) | 50.92 |
| 9 |  Márta Antal-Rudas (HUN) | 50.25 |
| 10 |  Maria Diaconescu (ROM) | 49.56 |
| 11 | Anneliese Gerhards (FDR) | 49.27 |
| 12 |  Marlene Ahrens (CHI) | 47.53 |
| 13 | Karen Anderson-Oldham (USA) | 46.52 |
Women's 80 m Hurdles - 1 September 1960
| 1 | Irina Press (URS) | 10.8 |
| 2 | Carole Quinton (GBR) | 10.9 |
| 3 | Gisela Birkemeyer-köhler (GER) | 11.0 |
| 4 | Mary Bignal (GBR) | 11.1 |
| 5 | Galina Bystrova (URS) | 11.2 |
| 6 | Rimma Koshelyova (URS) | 11.2 |
Women's 100 m - 2 September 1960
| 1 | Wilma Rudolph (USA) | 11.3 |
| 2 | Dorothy Hyman (GBR) | 11.3 |
| 3 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 11.4 |
| 4 | Maria Itkina (URS) | 11.5 |
| 5 | Cathérine Capdeville (FRA) | 12.0 |
| 6 | Jennifer Smart (GBR) |
Women's Shot put - 2 September 1960
| 1 | Tamara Press (URS) | 17.32 |
| 2 | Johanna Hübner-Lüttge (GER) | 16.61 |
| 3 | Earlene Brown (USA) | 16.42 |
| 4 | Valerie Sloper-Young (NZL) | 16.39 |
| 5 | Zinaida Doynikova (URS) | 16.13 |
| 6 |  Renate Garisch-Culmberger (DDR) | 15.94 |
| 7 | Galina Zybina (URS) | 15.56 |
| 8 | Wilfriede Hoffmann (DDR) | 15.14 |
| 9 | Vera Cerná (CZE) | 15.06 |
| 10 | Jadwiga Klimaj (POL) | 14.66 |
| 11 | Eugenia Rusin (POL) | 14.55 |
| 12 |  Milena Usenik (YUG) | 14.19 |
Women's 200 m - 5 September 1960
| 1 | Wilma Rudolph (USA) | 24.0 |
| 2 | Jutta Heine (FDR) | 24.4 |
| 3 | Dorothy Hyman (GBR) | 24.7 |
| 4 | Maria Itkina (URS) | 24.7 |
| 5 | Barbara Janiszewska-Sobotta (POL) | 24.8 |
| 6 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 24.9 |
Women's Discus throw - 5 September 1960
| 1 | Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova (URS) | 55.10 |
| 2 | Tamara Press (URS) | 52.59 |
| 3 | Lia Manoliu (ROM) | 52.36 |
| 4 | Kriemhild Limberg-Hausmann (GER) | 51.47 |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (URS) | 51.43 |
| 6 | Earlene Brown (USA) | 51.29 |
| 7 | Olga Fikotová-Connolly (USA) | 50.95 |
| 8 | Jirina Nemcová (CZE) | 50.12 |
| 9 | Irene Schuch (DDR) | 49.86 |
| 10 | Valerie Sloper-Young (NZL) | 48.81 |
| 11 | Stepanka Mertová (CZE) | 48.28 |
| 12 |  Wivianne Bergh (SWE) | 43.96 |
Women's 800 m - 7 September 1960
| 1 | Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS) | 2:04.3 |
| 2 | Brenda Jones (AUS) | 2:04.4 |
| 3 | Ursula Donath (GER) | 2:05.6 |
| 4 | Vera Kummerfeldt (GER) | 2:05.9 |
| 5 | Antje Gleichfeld (FDR) | 2:06.5 |
| 6 | Joy Jordan (GBR) | 2:07.8 |
| 7 | Gizella Csoka (HUN) | 2:08.0 |
| 8 | Beata Zbikowska (POL) | 2:11.8 |
Women's High jump - 8 September 1960
| 1 | Iolanda Balas (ROM) | 1.85 |
| 2 | Dorothy Shirley (GBR) | 1.71 |
| 2 | Jaroslawa Józwiakowska (POL) | 1.71 |
| 4 | Galina Dolya (URS) | 1.71 |
| 5 | Taisia Chenchik (URS) | 1.68 |
| 6 | Inga-britt Lorentzon (SWE) | 1.65 |
| 6 | Helen Frith (AUS) | 1.65 |
| 6 | Frances Slaap (GBR) | 1.65 |
| 9 | Florence Pétry-Amiel (FRA) | 1.65 |
| 9 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker (FDR) | 1.65 |
| 9 | Marlene Schmitz-Portz (GER) | 1.65 |
| 9 | Nel Zwier (NED) | 1.65 |
| 9 | Olga Gere-Pulic (YUG) | 1.65 |
| 14 | Neomia Rogers (USA) | 1.65 |
| 15 | Valentina Ballod (URS) | 1.65 |
Women's 4x100 m relay - 8 September 1960
| 1 | United States (Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph) | 44.5 |
| 2 | Germany (Martha Langbein, Annie Biechl, Brunhilde Hendrix, Jutta Heine) | 44.8 |
| 3 | Poland (Teresa Wieczorek-Cieply, Barbara Janiszewska-Sobotta, Celina Jesionowska, Halina Richter-Górecka) | 45.0 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (Vera Krepkina, Valentina Maslovskaya, Maria Itkina, Irina Press) | 45.2 |
| 5 | Italy (Letizia Bertoni, Sandra Valenti, Piera Tizzoni, Giuseppina Leone) | 45.6 |