Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
| Women's giant slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Squaw Valley | |||||||||
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| Date | February 23, 1960 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.9 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} United Team of Germany | 1:40.7 | + 0.8 |
| Carla Marchelli | Italy | |||
| 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 |
| Sonja Sperl | United Team of Germany | |||
| Madeleine Chamot-Berthod | Switzerland | |||
| 12 | Anne Heggtveit | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
| Barbi Henneberger | United Team of Germany | |||
| 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 |
| Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | |||
| 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 | United Team of 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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.
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