| 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 backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 3. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Lynn Burke United States (USA) |
| Silver | Natalie Steward Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Satoko Tanaka Japan (JPN) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Burke | United States | 1:09.3 | OR | |
| Natalie Steward | Great Britain | 1:10.8 | ||
| Satoko Tanaka | Japan | 1:11.4 | ||
| 4 | Laura Ranwell | South Africa | 1:11.4 | |
| 5 | Rosy Piacentini | France | 1:11.4 | |
| 6 | Sylvia Lewis | Great Britain | 1:11.8 | |
| 7 | Ria van Velsen | Netherlands | 1:12.1 | |
| 8 | Nadine Delache | France | 1:12.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record