| Event: | Women's giant slalom |
| Games: | 1960 Winter |
| Venue: | Squaw Valley |
| Date: | February 23, 1960 |
| Competitors: | 44 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 1:39.9 |
| Gold: | Yvonne Rüegg |
| Goldnoc: | SUI |
| Silver: | Penny Pitou |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1964 |
The Women's giant slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Tuesday, February 23.[1] [2]
The defending world champion was Lucile Wheeler of Canada,[3] who had retired from international competition.
Yvonne Rüegg of Switzerland edged Penny Pitou of the United States by a tenth of a second, the smallest margin at the time.[4]
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:39.9 | — | ||||
| 1:40.0 | + 0.1 | ||||
| 1:40.2 | + 0.3 | ||||
| 4 | 1:40.4 | + 0.5 | |||
| 5 | 1:40.7 | + 0.8 | |||
| 7 | 1:40.8 | + 0.9 | |||
| 8 | 1:41.5 | + 1.6 | |||
| 9 | 1:41.9 | + 2.0 | |||
| 12 | 1:42.1 | + 2.2 | |||
| 13 | 1:42.4 | + 2.5 | |||
| 14 | 1:42.5 | + 2.6 | |||
| 15 | 1:42.6 | + 2.7 | |||
| 17 | 1:42.9 | + 3.0 | |||
| 18 | 1:43.9 | + 4.0 | |||
| 19 | 1:45.4 | + 5.5 | |||
| 20 | 1:45.5 | + 5.6 | |||
| 21 | 1:45.7 | + 5.8 | |||
| 23 | 1:46.0 | + 6.1 | |||
| 24 | 1:46.4 | + 6.5 | |||
| 25 | 1:46.7 | + 6.8 | |||
| 26 | 1:47.4 | + 7.5 | |||
| 27 | 1:47.7 | + 7.8 | |||
| 28 | 1:48.4 | + 8.5 | |||
| 29 | 1:48.7 | + 8.8 | |||
| 30 | 1:48.9 | + 9.0 | |||
| 31 | 1:50.0 | + 10.1 | |||
| 32 | 1:50.7 | + 10.8 | |||
| 33 | 1:51.9 | + 12.0 | |||
| 34 | 1:52.4 | + 12.5 | |||
| 35 | 1:55.2 | + 15.3 | |||
| 36 | 1:57.4 | + 17.5 | |||
| 37 | 2:01.5 | + 21.6 | |||
| 38 | 2:03.9 | + 24.0 | |||
| 39 | 2:04.2 | + 24.3 | |||
| 40 | 2:06.1 | + 26.2 | |||
| - | DQ | - | |||
| - | DQ | - | |||
| - | DQ | - | |||
| - | DQ | - |