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Date: 23 February 1960
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Lidiya Skoblikova | URS | 5:14.3 |
| 2 | Valentina Stenina | URS | 5:16.9 |
| 3 | Eevi Huttunen | FIN | 5:21.0 |
| 4 | Hatsue Takamizawa | JPN | 5:21.4 |
| 5 | Christina Scherling | SWE | 5:25.5 |
| 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 Gyeong-Hoe | KOR | 6:08.2 |