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 Gertrude Fries

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

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