The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26,[1] and was the final alpine event of the games.
| Women's slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Anne Heggtveit with her gold medal | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 26, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:49.6 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The defending world champion was Inger Bjørnbakken of Norway,[2] who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of Canada won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run.[3] She also won the combined, a world championship title.[4][5]
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Anne Heggtveit |  Canada |
0:54.0 | 0:55.6 | 1:49.6 | — |
 |
Betsy Snite |  United States |
0:57.4 | 0:55.5 | 1:52.9 | +3.3 |
 |
Barbi Henneberger |  United Team of Germany |
0:57.4 | 0:59.2 | 1:56.6 | +7.0 |
| 4 | Thérèse Leduc |  France |
0:59.2 | 0:58.2 | 1:57.4 | +7.8 |
| 5 | Hilde Hofherr |  Austria |
0:59.0 | 0:59.0 | 1:58.0 | +8.4 |
| Liselotte Michel |  Switzerland |
0:58.8 | 0:59.2 | |||
| 7 | Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina |  Soviet Union |
0:58.5 | 0:59.9 | 1:58.4 | +8.8 |
| 8 | Sonja Sperl | United Team of Germany |
0:59.0 | 0:59.8 | 1:58.8 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Renie Cox | United States |
0:59.4 | 0:59.8 | 1:59.2 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo |  Italy |
0:57.4 | 1:01.9 | 1:59.3 | +9.7 |
| 11 | Marit Haraldsen |  Norway |
0:59.8 | 1:00.0 | 1:59.8 | +10.2 |
| 12 | Nancy Holland | Canada |
1:01.6 | 0:59.5 | 2:01.1 | +11.5 |
| 13 | Anneliese Meggl | United Team of Germany |
1:02.5 | 0:59.9 | 2:02.4 | +12.8 |
| 14 | Inger Bjørnbakken | Norway |
0:57.3 | 1:05.2 | 2:02.5 | +12.9 |
| 15 | Carla Marchelli | Italy |
1:01.1 | 1:01.8 | 2:02.9 | +13.3 |
| 16 | Putzi Frandl | Austria |
0:59.2 | 1:03.8 | 2:03.0 | +13.4 |
| 17 | Anne-Marie Leduc | France |
0:58.6 | 1:04.9 | 2:03.5 | +13.9 |
| 18 | Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova | Soviet Union |
1:03.3 | 1:01.0 | 2:04.3 | +14.7 |
| 19 | Marguerite Leduc | France |
1:02.2 | 1:02.4 | 2:04.6 | +15.0 |
| 20 | Jerta Schir | Italy |
1:05.6 | 1:00.6 | 2:06.2 | +16.6 |
| 21 | Heidi Biebl | United Team of Germany |
1:09.2 | 0:57.3 | 2:06.5 | +16.9 |
| 22 | Arlette Grosso | France |
1:07.5 | 0:59.3 | 2:06.8 | +17.2 |
| 23 | Marían Navarro |  Spain |
1:05.2 | 1:02.8 | 2:08.0 | +18.4 |
| 24 | Elizabeth Greene | Canada |
1:06.0 | 1:04.4 | 2:10.4 | +20.8 |
| 25 | María Cristina Schweizer |  Argentina |
1:05.9 | 1:06.0 | 2:11.9 | +22.3 |
| 26 | Beverley Anderson | United States |
1:13.1 | 1:00.0 | 2:13.1 | +23.5 |
| 27 | Josephine Gibbs |  Great Britain |
1:04.1 | 1:09.1 | 2:13.2 | +23.6 |
| 28 | Madeleine Chamot-Berthod | Switzerland |
1:12.1 | 1:03.3 | 2:15.4 | +25.8 |
| 29 | Christine Davy |  Australia |
1:13.1 | 1:04.1 | 2:17.2 | +27.6 |
| 30 | Lyubov Volkova | Soviet Union |
1:00.8 | 1:16.5 | 2:17.3 | +27.7 |
| 31 | Nancy Greene | Canada |
1:09.4 | 1:08.6 | 2:18.0 | +28.4 |
| 32 | Trish Prain |  New Zealand |
1:05.5 | 1:12.9 | 2:18.4 | +28.8 |
| 33 | Penny Pitou | United States |
0:58.5 | 1:21.3 | 2:19.8 | +30.2 |
| 34 | Renate Holmes | Great Britain |
1:16.1 | 1:07.4 | 2:23.5 | +33.9 |
| 35 | Jolanda Schir | Italy |
1:02.3 | 1:25.8 | 2:28.1 | +38.5 |
| 36 | Astrid Sandvik | Norway |
0:58.1 | 1:31.3 | 2:29.4 | +39.8 |
| 37 | Wendy Farrington | Great Britain |
1:08.4 | 1:30.8 | 2:39.2 | +49.6 |
| 38 | Cecilia Womersley | New Zealand |
2:17.7 | 1:25.4 | 3:43.1 | +1:53.5 |
| - | Marianne Jahn-Nutt | Austria |
0:55.5 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Annemarie Waser | Switzerland |
0:57.6 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Traudl Hecher | Austria |
0:58.6 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Yvonne Rüegg | Switzerland |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Liv Jagge-Christiansen | Norway |
DQ | - | - | - |
Source:[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "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 27, 1960). "Anne Heggtveit wins Olympic slalom". Montreal Gazette. p. 31.
- ^ Sullivan, Jack (February 27, 1960). "Anne captures world ski title". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. p. 9.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's Slalom". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.