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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 31, 1960
Date Finished: August 31, 1960
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Irina Press |
| Silver: | Carole Quinton |
| Bronze: | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Bystrova | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 11.0 | 11.16 | QU |
| 2 | Mary Bignal-Rand | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 11.0 | 11.16 | QU |
| 3 | Rimma Koshelyova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 11.1 | 11.22 | QU |
| 4 | Karin Richert-Balzer | 22 | Germany | GER | 11.1 | 11.27 | |
| 5 | Norma Thrower | 24 | Australia | AUS | 11.3 | 11.46 | |
| 6 | Barbara Sosgórnik | 26 | Poland | POL | 11.3 | 11.44 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Press | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 10.6 | 10.77 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer | 28 | Germany | GER | 10.9 | 11.01 | QU |
| 3 | Carole Quinton | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 11.0 | 11.07 | QU |
| 4 | Zenta Gastl-Kopp | 26 | Germany | GER | 11.0 | 11.09 | |
| 5 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | 22 | Poland | POL | 11.2 | 11.40 | |
| 6 | Denise Laborie-Guénard | 26 | France | FRA | 11.4 | 11.51 |