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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Albano Lake, Castel Gandolfo
Date Started: August 26, 1960
Date Finished: August 26, 1960
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All others advanced to the Repêchage.
| Gold: | Antonina Seredina |
| Silver: | Therese Zenz |
| Bronze: | Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka | 25 | Poland | POL | 2:15.34 | QU/OB |
| 2 | Alberta Zanardi | 20 | Italy | ITA | 2:17.14 | QU |
| 3 | Klára Bánfalvi-Fried | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 2:17.39 | QU |
| 4 | Marianne Tucker | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:21.06 | |
| 5 | Gabrielle Lutz | 25 | France | FRA | 2:22.05 | |
| 6 | Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen | 29 | Finland | FIN | 2:22.33 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonina Seredina | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:08.82 | QU/OB |
| 2 | Therese Zenz | 27 | Germany | GER | 2:09.73 | QU |
| 3 | Else-Marie Lindmark-Ljungdahl | 18 | Sweden | SWE | 2:13.37 | QU |
| 4 | Anni Werner-Hansen | 21 | Denmark | DEN | 2:14.04 | |
| 5 | Eva Kutová | 25 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:16.35 | |
| 6 | Heidi Sager | 20 | Australia | AUS | 2:19.75 | |
| 7 | Gloria Perrier | 31 | United States | USA | 2:23.00 |