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Date: 3 September 1960 / 5 September 1960
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Nina Ponomariova | URS | 55.10m [180' 9 ¼"] |
| 2 | Tamara Press | URS | 52.59m [172' 6 ½"] |
| 3 | Lia Manoliu | ROU | 52.36m [171' 9 ½"] |
| 4 | Krimhild Hausmann | GER | 51.47m [168' 10 ½"] |
| 5 | Evgenia Kuznecova | URS | 51.43m [168' 8 ¾"] |
| 6 | Earlene Brown | USA | 51.29m [168' 3 ¼"] |
| 7 | Olga Connolly | USA | 50.95m [167' 2"] |
| 8 | Jirina Nemcova | TCH | 50.12m [164' 5 ¼"] |
| 9 | Irene Schuch | GER | 49.86m [163' 7"] |
| 10 | Valerie Sloper | NZL | 48.81m [160' 1 ¾"] |
| 11 | Stepanka Mertova | TCH | 48.28m [158' 4 ¾"] |
| 12 | Wivianne Bergh | SWE | 43.96m [144' 2 ¾"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 13 | Kazimiera Rykowska | POL | 46.75m [153' 4 ½"] |
| 14 | Jennifer Thompson | NZL | 46.74m [153' 4 ¼"] |
| 15 | Elivia Ricci | ITA | 45.86m [150' 5 ½"] |
| 16 | Dorli Hofrichter | AUT | 44.94m [147' 5 ¼"] |
| 17 | Karen Halkier | DEN | 43.99m [144' 4"] |
| 18 | Hiroko Uchida | JPN | 43.78m [143' 7 ½"] |
| 19 | Pamela Kurrell | USA | 43.23m [141' 10"] |
| 20 | Paola Paternoster | ITA | 43.11m [141' 5 ¼"] |
| 21 | Suzanne Allday | GBR | 41.12m [134' 11"] |
| 22 | Milena Celesnik | YUG | 30.84m [101' 2 ¼"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Judit Bognar | HUN | ||
| Did not qualify for final (No mark set) | |||
| Doris Muller | GER | ||
| Wu Jin Yun | TPE | ||