Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Women's 1000 metres speed skating

| games = 1960 Winter

| image = Speed skating pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption = Pictogram for speed skating

| alt = Refer to caption

| venue = Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink

| date = 22 February 1960

| competitors = 22

| nations = 10

| win_value = 1:34.1 OR

| gold = Klara Guseva

| goldNOC = URS

| silver = Helga Haase

| silverNOC = EUA

| bronze = {{nowrap|Tamara Rylova}}

| bronzeNOC = URS

| next = 1964

}}

{{Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics}}

The women's 1000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of women's speed skating events at the Olympics. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Monday, February 22, 1960. Twenty-two speed skaters from ten nations competed.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/SSK/womens-1000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/SSK/womens-1000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres |accessdate=30 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}