Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Squaw Valley
Date	February 22
Competitors	63 from 21 nations
Winning time	2:06.0
Medalists
Jean Vuarnet   France   Hans Peter Lanig   Germany   Guy Périllat   France

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women

The Men's downhill competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley.^[1]

The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria.^[2]

Results

^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Jean Vuarnet	France	2:06.0	-
	Hans Peter Lanig	Germany	2:06.5	+0.5
	Guy Périllat	France	2:06.9	+0.9
4	Willi Forrer	Switzerland	2:07.8	+1.8
5	Roger Staub	Switzerland	2:08.9	+2.9
6	Bruno Alberti	Italy	2:09.1	+3.1
7	Karl Schranz	Austria	2:09.2	+3.2
8	Charles Bozon	France	2:09.6	+3.6
9	Willy Bogner	Germany	2:09.7	+3.7
10	Egon N. Zimmermann	Austria	2:09.8	+3.8
11	Luggi Leitner	Germany	2:10.2	+4.2
12	Paride Milianti	Italy	2:10.8	+4.8
13	Jakob Arduser	Switzerland	2:10.9	+4.9
14	Dave Gorsuch	United States	2:11.0	+5.0
15	Pepi Stiegler	Austria	2:13.1	+7.1
16	Eberhard Riedel	Germany	2:13.3	+7.3
17	Gordi Eaton	United States	2:14.0	+8.0
18	Max Marolt	United States	2:14.2	+8.2
19	Anderl Molterer	Austria	2:15.1	+9.1
20	Nando Pajarola	Switzerland	2:15.4	+9.4
20	Oddvar Rønnestad	Norway	2:15.4	+9.4
22	Marvin Melville	United States	2:15.9	+9.9
22	Verne Anderson	Canada	2:15.9	+9.9
24	Italo Pedroncelli	Italy	2:16.8	+10.8
25	Felice De Nicolo	Italy	2:18.1	+12.1
26	Jean-Guy Brunet	Canada	2:18.2	+12.2
27	Frederick Tommy	Canada	2:18.4	+12.4
28	Don Bruneski	Canada	2:19.9	+13.9
29	Georgi Varoshkin	Bulgaria	2:20.0	+14.0
30	Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria	2:20.2	+14.2
31	Francisco Cortes	Chile	2:20.8	+14.8
32	Vicente Vera	Chile	2:24.5	+18.5
33	Jóhann Vilbergsson	Iceland	2:24.6	+18.6
34	Chiharu Igaya	Japan	2:25.0	+19.0
35	Charlach Mackintosh	Great Britain	2:25.1	+19.1
36	Kristinn Benediktsson	Iceland	2:26.0	+20.0
37	Eysteinn Þórðarson	Iceland	2:26.2	+20.2
38	Hernán Boher	Chile	2:26.7	+20.7
39	Victor Tagle	Chile	2:26.9	+20.9
40	Geoff Pitchford	Great Britain	2:27.3	+21.3
41	Adolf Fehr	Liechtenstein	2:27.4	+21.4
42	Manuel García-Moran	Spain	2:27.6	+21.6
43	Robert Skepper	Great Britain	2:28.1	+22.1
44	Luis Sánchez	Spain	2:28.3	+22.3
45	Osvaldo Ancinas	Argentina	2:28.4	+22.4
46	Osamu Tada	Japan	2:28.5	+22.5
47	Aleksandar Shalamanov	Bulgaria	2:29.0	+23.0
48	Sam Chaffey	New Zealand	2:29.3	+23.3
49	Silvan Kindle	Liechtenstein	2:29.4	+23.4
49	Hermann Kindle	Liechtenstein	2:29.4	+23.4
51	Luis Arias	Spain	2:29.8	+23.8
52	Bill Day	Australia	2:30.5	+24.5
53	Masayoshi Mitani	Japan	2:31.3	+25.3
54	Bill Hunt	New Zealand	2:32.0	+26.0
55	John Oakes	Great Britain	2:36.0	+30.0
56	Ibrahim Geagea	Lebanon	2:39.2	+33.2
57	Peter Brockhoff	Australia	2:39.7	+33.7
58	Zeki Şamiloğlu	Turkey	2:42.4	+36.4
59	Nazih Geagea	Lebanon	3:00.3	+54.3
60	Clemente Tellechea	Argentina	3:20.2	+74.2
61	Im Gyeong-Sun	South Korea	3:34.4	+88.4
-	Adrien Duvillard	France	DQ	-
-	Muzaffer Demirhan	Turkey	DQ	-

References

1. "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
2. "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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