| Event: | Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay |
| Games: | 1960 Winter |
| Venue: | McKinney Creek Stadium |
| Date: | February 26 |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Win Value: | 1:04:21.4 |
| Gold: | Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Radia Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti |
| Bronzenoc: | FIN |
| Prev: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1964 |
The women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, February 26, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.
Sweden surprisingly won the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union who took the first four places in the individual event. Bulgaria were due to have a team, but they did not start the race.
| Rank | Nation | Skiers | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irma Johansson (21:31) Britt Strandberg (21:45) Sonja Ruthström-Edström (21:05.4) | 1:04:21.4 | ||
| 2 | Radia Yeroshina (22:57) Maria Gusakova (21:18) Lyubov Kozyreva (20:47.6) | 1:05:02.6 | ||
| 3 | Siiri Rantanen (22:57) Eeva Ruoppa (21:51) Toini Pöysti (21:39.5) | 1:06:27.5 | ||
| 4 | Stefania Biegun (22:10) Helena Gąsienica Daniel (23:05) Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa (22:09.6) | 1:07:24.6 | ||
| 5 | Rita Czech-Blasl (22:59) Renate Dannhauer-Borges (22:48) Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus (23:38.7) | 1:09:25.7 |