Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games

Alpine skiing
VenueSquaw Valley
DateFebruary 23, 1960
Competitors44 from 14 nations
Winning time1:39.9
Medalists
   Switzerland
   United States
   Italy
Alpine skiing at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Alpine runs of the 1960 Winter Olympics

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
1st Yvonne Rüegg Switzerland 1:39.9
2nd Penny Pitou United States 1:40.0 + 0.1
3rd 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. 1 2 "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.
  3. 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

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