Held 18–28 February 1960 at Squaw Valley.
Held on 20 February 1960 , with 23 skaters from 10 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Haase-Obschernitzki | GER | 45,9 | OR |
| 2 | Natalya Donchenko | URS | 46,0 | |
| 3 | Jeanne Ashworth | USA | 46,1 | |
| 4 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 46,2 | |
| 5 | Hatsue Takemizawa | JPN | 46,6 | |
| 6 | Klara Guseva | URS | 46,8 | |
| = | Elwira Seroczyńska | POL | 46,8 | |
| 8 | Fumie Hama | JPN | 47,4 | |
| 9 | Doreen Ryan | CAN | 47,7 | |
| 10 | Kathy Mulholland | USA | 47,9 | |
| 11 | Iris Sihvonen | FIN | 48,1 | |
| 12 | Helena Pilejczyk | POL | 48,2 | |
| 13 | Françoise Lucas | FRA | 48,3 | |
| 14 | Eevi Huttunen | FIN | 48,6 | |
| 15 | Christina Scherling | SWE | 48,7 | |
| 16 | Jean Omelenchuk | USA | 49,3 | |
| 17 | Margaret Robb | CAN | 50,0 | |
| 18 | Sigrid Behrenz | GER | 50,2 | |
| 19 | Yoshiko Takano | JPN | 50,3 | |
| 20 | Natascha Liebknecht | GER | 51,4 | |
| 21 | Kim Kyeong-Hoi | KOR | 53,2 | |
| 22 | Han Hye-Ja | KOR | 53,8 | |
| NF | Elsa Einarsson | SWE | - |
Held on 22 February 1960 , with 22 skaters from 10 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klara Guseva | URS | 1.34,1 | OR |
| 2 | Helga Haase-Obschernitzki | GER | 1.34,3 | |
| 3 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 1.34,8 | |
| 4 | Lidia Skoblikova | URS | 1.35,3 | |
| 5 | Helena Pilejczyk | POL | 1.35,8 | |
| 6 | Hatsue Takemizawa | JPN | 1.35,8 | |
| 7 | Fumie Hama | JPN | 1.36,1 | |
| 8 | Jeanne Ashworth | USA | 1.36,5 | |
| 9 | Eevi Huttunen | FIN | 1.37,2 | |
| 10 | Iris Sihvonen | FIN | 1.37,3 | |
| 11 | Christina Scherling | SWE | 1.37,5 | |
| 12 | Elsa Einarsson | SWE | 1.38,0 | |
| 13 | Doreen Ryan | CAN | 1.38,1 | |
| 14 | Françoise Lucas | FRA | 1.38,4 | |
| 15 | Jean Omelenchuk | USA | 1.39,8 | |
| 16 | Yoshiko Takano | JPN | 1.39,9 | |
| 17 | Natascha Liebknecht | GER | 1.43,5 | |
| 18 | Sigrid Behrenz | GER | 1.43,8 | |
| 19 | Margaret Robb | CAN | 1.45,8 | |
| 20 | Han Hye-Ja | KOR | 1.48,8 | |
| NF | Kim Kyeong-Hoi | KOR | - | |
| NF | Elwira Seroczyńska | POL | - |
Held on 21 February 1960 , with 23 skaters from 10 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lidia Skoblikova | URS | 2.25,2 | WR |
| 2 | Elwira Seroczyńska | POL | 2.25,7 | |
| 3 | Helena Pilejczyk | POL | 2.27,1 | |
| 4 | Klara Guseva | URS | 2.28,8 | |
| 5 | Valentina Stenina | URS | 2.29,2 | |
| 6 | Iris Sihvonen | FIN | 2.29,7 | |
| 7 | Christina Scherling | SWE | 2.31,5 | |
| 8 | Helga Haase-Obschernitzki | GER | 2.31,7 | |
| 9 | Elsa Einarsson | SWE | 2.32,9 | |
| 10 | Fumie Hama | JPN | 2.33,3 | |
| 11 | Jeanne Ashworth | USA | 2.33,7 | |
| 12 | Yoshiko Takano | JPN | 2.34,0 | |
| 13 | Doreen Ryan | CAN | 2.34,5 | |
| 14 | Eevi Huttunen | FIN | 2.35,1 | |
| 15 | Jean Omelenchuk | USA | 2.36,4 | |
| 16 | Inge Görmer | GER | 2.36,5 | |
| 17 | Françoise Lucas | FRA | 2.36,6 | |
| 18 | Barb Lockhart | USA | 2.37,0 | |
| 19 | Hatsue Takemizawa | JPN | 2.43,7 | |
| 20 | Margaret Robb | CAN | 2.48,6 | |
| 21 | Kim Kyeong-Hoi | KOR | 2.48,6 | |
| 22 | Gisela Toews | GER | 2.51,1 | |
| 23 | Han Hye-Ja | KOR | 2.55,6 |
Held on 23 February 1960 , with 20 skaters from 10 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lidia Skoblikova | URS | 5.14,3 | OR |
| 2 | Valentina Stenina | URS | 5.16,9 | |
| 3 | Eevi Huttunen | FIN | 5.21,0 | |
| 4 | Hatsue Takemizawa | JPN | 5.21,4 | |
| 5 | Christina Scherling | SWE | 5.25,6 | |
| 6 | Helena Pilejczyk | POL | 5.26,2 | |
| 7 | Elwira Seroczyńska | POL | 5.27,3 | |
| 8 | Jeanne Ashworth | USA | 5.28,5 | |
| 9 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 5.30,0 | |
| 10 | Yoshiko Takano | JPN | 5.30,9 | |
| 11 | Elsa Einarsson | SWE | 5.32,2 | |
| 12 | Iris Sihvonen | FIN | 5.35,2 | |
| 13 | Inge Görmer | GER | 5.37,5 | |
| 14 | Doreen Ryan | CAN | 5.39,7 | |
| 15 | Françoise Lucas | FRA | 5.42,5 | |
| 16 | Margaret Robb | CAN | 5.43,5 | |
| 17 | Gisela Toews | GER | 5.48,3 | |
| 18 | Cornelia Harrington | USA | 5.57,5 | |
| 19 | Beverly Buhr | USA | 6.03,1 | |
| 20 | Kim Kyeong-Hoi | KOR | 6.08,2 |