The women's javelin throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.
Results Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 48.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.
Qualifying
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 1 Elvīra Ozoliņa 53.25 53.25 pass pass 2 Dana Zátopková 51.64 47.94 51.64 pass 3 Sue Platt 50.67 50.67 pass pass 4 Karen Anderson 50.62 43.96 44.26 50.62 5 Vlasta Pešková 50.61 50.61 pass pass 6 Márta Rudasné Antal 50.01 foul 47.56 50.01 7 Maria Diţi 49.80 49.80 pass pass 8 Anna Wojtaszek 49.20 45.66 49.20 pass 9 Alevtina Shastitko 48.91 48.91 pass pass 10 Birutė Kalėdienė 48.59 48.59 pass pass 11 Marlene Ahrens 48.36 44.61 48.36 pass 12 Anneliese Gerhards 48.33 45.89 foul 48.33 13 Urszula Figwer 48.04 48.04 pass pass 14 Ingrid Almqvist 47.67 foul 44.33 47.67 15 Erika Strößenreuther 46.85 45.88 foul 46.85 16 Almut Brömmel 45.52 34.76 45.52 41.20 17 Erika Strasser 43.80 43.79 43.80 foul 18 Lise Koch 43.01 43.01 foul 40.36 19 Averil Williams 42.44 42.44 foul 40.03 20 Unn Thorvaldsen 41.99 foul foul 41.99 Elizabeth Davenport
Final
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Elvīra Ozoliņa 55.98 55.98 OR foul 51.54 54.80 foul foul OR Dana Zátopková 53.78 49.84 50.36 53.78 51.02 46.13 50.70 Birutė Kalėdienė 53.45 50.17 49.81 53.45 50.87 49.58 foul 4 Vlasta Pešková 52.56 50.94 foul 51.28 52.56 49.00 48.82 5 Urszula Figwer 52.33 52.33 foul 47.92 50.16 46.53 pass 6 Anna Wojtaszek 51.15 51.15 47.04 foul 42.76 47.35 foul 7 Sue Platt 51.01 51.01 50.84 foul 8 Alevtina Shastitko 50.92 47.43 50.83 50.92 9 Márta Rudasné Antal 50.25 50.25 48.41 49.66 10 Maria Diţi 49.56 49.56 47.49 48.83 11 Anneliese Gerhards 49.27 47.76 49.27 foul 12 Marlene Ahrens 47.53 46.39 47.53 45.34 13 Karen Anderson 46.52 44.39 46.52 44.24
Key: OR = Olympic record
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