| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 29 and August 30. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Carolyn Schuler United States (USA) |
| Silver | Marianne Heemskerk Netherlands (NED) |
| Bronze | Jan Andrew Australia (AUS) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Schuler | United States | 1:09.5 | OR | |
| Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:10.4 | ||
| Jan Andrew | Australia | 1:12.2 | ||
| 4 | Sheila Watt | Great Britain | 1:13.3 | |
| 5 | Atie Voorbij | Netherlands | 1:13.3 | |
| 6 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | Soviet Union | 1:13.3 | |
| 7 | Kristina Larsson | Sweden | 1:13.6 | |
| Carolyn Wood | United States | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
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