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Date: 31 August 1960 / 1 September 1960
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Chris Von Saltza | USA | 4:50.6 |
| 2 | Jane Cederqvist | SWE | 4:53.9 |
| 3 | Catharina Lagerberg | NED | 4:56.9 |
| 4 | Ilsa Konrads | AUS | 4:57.9 |
| 5 | Dawn Fraser | AUS | 4:58.5 |
| 6 | Nan Rae | GBR | 4:59.7 |
| 7 | Cornelia Schimmel | NED | 5:02.3 |
| 8 | Bibbi Segerstrom | SWE | 5:02.4 |
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| 9 | Heda Frost | FRA | 5:00.6 |
| 10 | Carolyn House | USA | 5:00.7 |
| 11 | Ursel Brunner | GER | 5:05.3 |
| 12 | Gisela Weiss | GER | 5:08.6 |
| 13 | Judy Samuel | GBR | 5:12.9 |
| 14 | Paola Saini | ITA | 5:13.1 |
| 15 | Hillary Wilson | ZIM | 5:16.8 |
| 16 | Welleda Veschi | ITA | 5:18.3 |
| 17 | Maria Luisa Souza | MEX | 5:21.3 |
| 18 | Maria Frank | HUN | 5:21.9 |
| 19 | Sigrid Muller | AUT | 5:25.1 |
| 20 | Blanca Barron | MEX | 5:26.4 |
| 21 | Kimiko Ezaka | JPN | 5:26.8 |
| 21 | Eiko Wada | JPN | 5:26.8 |
| Did not start | |||
| Marta Egervary | HUN | ||
| Margaret Iwasaki | CAN | ||