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Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Field	Value
games	1960 Winter
event	Alpine skiing
image	Squaw-Valley-1960-Ski-Venues.jpg
image_size	240px
caption	Olympic runs of 1960
venue	Squaw Valley, California, United States
dates	February 20–26, 1960
num_events	6
competitors	133
nations	22
prev	1956
next	1964

|USA West |USA California 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).{{cite web | access-date = February 6, 2021}}

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

Slalom
Ernst Hinterseer	2:08.9	Hias Leitner	2:10.3	Charles Bozon	2:10.4

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Women's events

Slalom
Anne Heggtveit	1:49.6	Betsy Snite	1:52.9	Barbi Henneberger	1:56.6

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Course information

Date	Race	Start
Elevation	Finish
Elevation	Vertical
Drop	Course
Length	Average
Gradient
Mon 22-Feb	Downhill – men	2707 m	1949 m	758 m	3.095 km
Sat 20-Feb	Downhill – women	2447 m	1894 m	{{convert	553	m	abbr=on}}	1.828 km
Sun 21-Feb	Giant slalom – men	2447 m	1894 m	553 m	1.800 km
Tue 23-Feb	Giant slalom – women	2276 m	1894 m	382 m	1.300 km
Wed 24-Feb	Slalom – men	2110 m	1894 m	216 m	0.590 km
Fri 26-Feb	Slalom – women	2080 m	1894 m	{{convert	186	m	abbr=on}}	0.480 km

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

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	FRA Guy Périllat (FRA)	3.98		6	6
	FRA Charles Bozon (FRA)	5.52	8	9
	FRG Hans-Peter Lanig (FRG)	5.66		13	7
4	AUT Pepi Stiegler (AUT)	6.75	15		5
5	FRG Ludwig Leitner (FRG)	8.00	11	18	4
6	ITA Paride Milianti (ITA)	8.22	12	8	8

Downhill: February 22, Giant slalom: February 21, Slalom: February 24

Women's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	CAN Anne Heggtveit (CAN)	6.96	12	12
	FRG Sonja Sperl (FRG)	10.08	7	9	8
	FRG Barbi Henneberger (FRG)	10.80	11	15
4	FRG Anneliese Meggl (FRG)	10.88	6	5	13
5	FRA Thérèse Leduc (FRA)	11.44	14	7	4
6	ITA Carla Marchelli (ITA)	11.93	9	5	15

Downhill: February 20, Giant slalom: February 23, Slalom: February 26

References

"Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference.

Wikipedia Source

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