Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California, United States, consisted of six events. Competitions took place at Squaw Peak (Men's downhill), KT-22 (Women's downhill, Men's slalom and giant slalom), and Papoose Peak (Women's slalom and giant slalom).
The 1960 Winter Games marked the last where race result times were recorded in tenths of a second; at the 1964 Winter Games, the race result times would be recorded in hundredths.
Medal summary Seven nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Switzerland leading the medal table, winning two golds. Austria won the most total medals with five, one gold, two silver, and two bronze. Austria's Ernst Hinterseer led the individual medal table, with one gold and one bronze. The top women's medalist was the United States' Penny Pitou with two silver medals, having lost giant slalom by a tenth of a second.
Medal table
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Men's events Downhill 2:06.0 2:06.5 2:06.9 Giant slalom 1:48.3 1:48.7 1:49.1 Slalom 2:08.9 2:10.3 2:10.4 Source:
Women's events Downhill 1:37.6 1:38.6 1:38.9 Giant slalom 1:39.9 1:40.0 1:40.2 Slalom 1:49.6 1:52.9 1:56.6 Source:
Course information Date Race StartElevation FinishElevation VerticalDrop CourseLength AverageGradientMon 22-Feb Downhill – men Sat 20-Feb Downhill – women Sun 21-Feb Giant slalom – men Tue 23-Feb Giant slalom – women Wed 24-Feb Slalom – men Fri 26-Feb Slalom – women
Participating nations Twenty-two nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Squaw Valley, and South Korea made its Olympic alpine skiing debut. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of competitors.
World championships From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.
Combined
Men's Combined MedalAthlete Points DHGSSL Guy Périllat (FRA) 3.98 6 6 Charles Bozon (FRA) 5.52 8 9 Hans-Peter Lanig (FRG) 5.66 13 7 4 Pepi Stiegler (AUT) 6.75 15 5 5 Ludwig Leitner (FRG) 8.00 11 18 4 6 Paride Milianti (ITA) 8.22 12 8 8 Downhill: February 22, Giant slalom: February 21, Slalom: February 24
Women's Combined MedalAthlete Points DHGSSL Anne Heggtveit (CAN) 6.96 12 12 Sonja Sperl (FRG) 10.08 7 9 8 Barbi Henneberger (FRG) 10.80 11 15 4 Anneliese Meggl (FRG) 10.88 6 5 13 5 Thérèse Leduc (FRA) 11.44 14 7 4 6 Carla Marchelli (ITA) 11.93 9 5 15 Downhill: February 20, Giant slalom: February 23, Slalom: February 26
References
External links FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 1960 Winter Olympics – Squaw Valley, USA