| Event: | Women's long jump |
| Games: | 1960 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | August 31 |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Value: | 6.37 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Vera Kolashnikova |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silver: | Elżbieta Krzesińska |
| Silvernoc: | POL |
| Bronze: | Hildrun Claus |
| Bronzenoc: | EUA |
| Prev: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1964 |
The women's long jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31.[1]
Top 12 jumpers and all ties plus all jumpers reaching 5.80 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.33 | foul | 6.33 | pass | |||
| 2 | 6.21 | 6.21 | pass | pass | |||
| 3 | 6.14 | 6.14 | pass | pass | |||
| 4 | 6.13 | 6.13 | pass | pass | |||
| 5 | 6.12 | foul | 6.12 | pass | |||
| 6 | 6.07 | 6.07 | pass | pass | |||
| 7 | 6.00 | 6.00 | pass | pass | |||
| 8 | 5.98 | 5.98 | pass | pass | |||
| 9 | 5.96 | 5.74 | 5.96 | foul | |||
| 10 | 5.95 | 5.95 | pass | pass | |||
| 11 | 5.92 | 5.92 | foul | foul | |||
| 12 | 5.90 | 5.62 | foul | 5.90 | |||
| 13 | 5.90 | 5.90 | pass | pass | |||
| 14 | 5.88 | 5.71 | 5.88 | foul | |||
| 15 | 5.84 | 5.65 | 5.84 | foul | |||
| 16 | 5.83 | 5.70 | 5.83 | pass | |||
| 17 | 5.82 | 5.82 | pass | pass | |||
| 18T | 5.80 | 5.80 | pass | pass | |||
| 18T | 5.80 | 5.80 | pass | pass | |||
| 20 | 5.78 | 5.78 | foul | foul | |||
| 21 | 5.65 | 5.63 | foul | 5.65 | |||
| 22 | 5.64 | 5.64 | 5.57 | foul | |||
| 23 | 5.60 | 5.47 | 5.20 | 5.60 | |||
| 24 | 5.59 | 5.38 | 5.59 | foul | |||
| 25 | 5.51 | 5.51 | 4.54 | 5.10 | |||
| 26 | 5.45 | foul | foul | 5.45 | |||
| 27 | 5.22 | 4.97 | foul | 5.22 | |||
| 28 | 5.08 | 4.78 | 4.92 | 5.08 | |||
| 29 | 4.97 | 4.97 | 4.92 | 4.84 | |||
| - | - | foul | foul | foul | NM | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.37 | 6.17 | 6.01 | 6.22 | 6.37 OR | 6.17 | foul | OR | |||
| 6.27 | foul | 6.17 | foul | 6.25 | foul | 6.27 | ||||
| 6.21 | 6.21 | 6.18 | foul | foul | 6.13 | 6.11 | ||||
| 4 | 6.19 | 6.17 | 5.94 | 6.05 | 6.19 | 6.11 | 6.10 | |||
| 5 | 6.16 | 5.99 | 6.00 | 6.16 | 5.83 | 5.91 | 5.90 | |||
| 6 | 6.11 | 6.02 | 5.88 | 6.11 | foul | foul | 6.09 | |||
| 7 | 6.11 | 6.11 | foul | foul | ||||||
| 8 | 6.01 | 6.01 | 5.95 | 5.77 | ||||||
| 9 | 6.01 | foul | foul | 6.01 | ||||||
| 10 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.81 | 5.91 | ||||||
| 11 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.67 | 5.86 | ||||||
| 12 | 5.98 | 5.82 | 5.98 | 5.74 | ||||||
| 13 | 5.86 | 5.86 | 5.50 | foul | ||||||
| 14 | 5.85 | 5.73 | 5.85 | 5.83 | ||||||
| 15 | 5.82 | 5.82 | 5.64 | 5.75 | ||||||
| 16 | 5.77 | 5.77 | foul | 5.28 | ||||||
| 17 | 5.62 | foul | 5.62 | 5.61 | ||||||
| 18 | 5.57 | 5.57 | 5.56 | 5.52 | ||||||
| 19 | 5.57 | 5.46 | 5.42 | 5.57 | ||||||
Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark