Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
Women's giant slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
Alpine skiing | ||||||||||
Venue | Squaw Valley | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | February 23, 1960 | |||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 14 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:39.9 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
|
Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Downhill | men | women | ||
Giant slalom | men | women | ||
Slalom | men | women |
The Women's giant slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Tuesday, February 23.[1]
The defending world champion was Lucile Wheeler of Canada,[2] who had retired from international competition.
Yvonne Rüegg of Switzerland edged Penny Pitou of the United States by a tenth of a second, the smallest margin at the time.[3]
Results
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yvonne Rüegg | Switzerland | 1:39.9 | — | |
Penny Pitou | United States | 1:40.0 | + 0.1 | |
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo | Italy | 1:40.2 | + 0.3 | |
4 | Betsy Snite | United States | 1:40.4 | + 0.5 |
5 | Anneliese Meggl | Germany | 1:40.7 | + 0.8 |
5 | Carla Marchelli | Italy | 1:40.7 | + 0.8 |
7 | Thérèse Leduc | France | 1:40.8 | + 0.9 |
8 | Anne-Marie Leduc | France | 1:41.5 | + 1.6 |
9 | Hilde Hofherr | Austria | 1:41.9 | + 2.0 |
9 | Sonja Sperl | Germany | 1:41.9 | + 2.0 |
9 | Madeleine Chamot-Berthod | Switzerland | 1:41.9 | + 2.0 |
12 | Anne Heggtveit | Canada | 1:42.1 | + 2.2 |
13 | Janine Monterrain | France | 1:42.4 | + 2.5 |
14 | Liselotte Michel | Switzerland | 1:42.5 | + 2.6 |
15 | Jerta Schir | Italy | 1:42.6 | + 2.7 |
15 | Barbi Henneberger | Germany | 1:42.6 | + 2.7 |
17 | Pia Riva | Italy | 1:42.9 | + 3.0 |
18 | Arlette Grosso | France | 1:43.9 | + 4.0 |
19 | Astrid Sandvik | Norway | 1:45.4 | + 5.5 |
20 | Inger Bjørnbakken | Norway | 1:45.5 | + 5.6 |
21 | Putzi Frandl | Austria | 1:45.7 | + 5.8 |
21 | Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina | Soviet Union | 1:45.7 | + 5.8 |
23 | Annemarie Waser | Switzerland | 1:46.0 | + 6.1 |
24 | Liv Jagge-Christiansen | Norway | 1:46.4 | + 6.5 |
25 | Traudl Hecher | Austria | 1:46.7 | + 6.8 |
26 | Nancy Greene | Canada | 1:47.4 | + 7.5 |
27 | Cecilia Womersley | New Zealand | 1:47.7 | + 7.8 |
28 | Elizabeth Greene | Canada | 1:48.4 | + 8.5 |
29 | Nancy Holland | Canada | 1:48.7 | + 8.8 |
30 | Lyubov Volkova | Soviet Union | 1:48.9 | + 9.0 |
31 | Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova | Soviet Union | 1:50.0 | + 10.1 |
32 | Christine Davy | Australia | 1:50.7 | + 10.8 |
33 | Josephine Gibbs | Great Britain | 1:51.9 | + 12.0 |
34 | Trish Prain | New Zealand | 1:52.4 | + 12.5 |
35 | María Cristina Schweizer | Argentina | 1:55.2 | + 15.3 |
36 | Beverley Anderson | United States | 1:57.4 | + 17.5 |
37 | Heidi Biebl | Germany | 2:01.5 | + 21.6 |
38 | Renate Holmes | Great Britain | 2:03.9 | + 24.0 |
39 | Wendy Farrington | Great Britain | 2:04.2 | + 24.3 |
40 | Sonja McCaskie | Great Britain | 2:06.1 | + 26.2 |
- | Erika Netzer | Austria | DQ | - |
- | Marit Haraldsen | Norway | DQ | - |
- | Linda Meyers | United States | DQ | - |
- | Marían Navarro | Spain | DQ | - |
Source:[1]
References
- 1 2 "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Sullivan, Jack (February 24, 1960). "Yvonne Ruegg giant slalom champion". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. p. 20.
External links
Sports-Reference - 1960 Women's Giant Slalom
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.