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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yvonne Rüegg  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Penny Pitou  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo  Italy
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Alpine skiing at the
1960 Winter Olympics
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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][2]

The defending world champion was Lucile Wheeler of Canada,[3] 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.[4]

Results

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yvonne Rüegg  Switzerland 1:39.9 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Penny Pitou  United States 1:40.0 + 0.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo  Italy 1:40.2 + 0.3
4 Betsy Snite  United States 1:40.4 + 0.5
5 Anneliese Meggl  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  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  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  Spain DQ -
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Jack (February 24, 1960). "Yvonne Ruegg giant slalom champion". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. p. 20.