| Continent: | South America |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Host: | Argentina |
| Dates: | March 3-18 |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Brazil |
| Title Number: | 4 |
| Prevseason: | 1958 |
| Nextseason: | 1961 |
The South American Basketball Championship 1960 was the 18th edition of this tournament. It was held from March 3 to March 18 in Córdoba, Argentina and won by the Brazil national basketball team. 7 teams competed.
| width=20 | Rank | width=220 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 441 | 360 | +81 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 395 | 379 | +16 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 380 | 337 | +43 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 388 | +90 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 351 | 399 | -48 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 359 | 451 | -92 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 339 | 429 | -90 |