Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's singles

The women's single skating competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at the Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley, California, United States. The compulsory figures section took place on Sunday 21 February 1960 with the free skating section concluding the event two days later. Each judge ranked each skater by Ordinal Placement from first to last place. If a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall, this process was repeated for each place. If more than one skater had a majority ranking for the same position then a series of tiebreaks were in place, indicated in order in the result section.

Women's singles
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBlyth Arena
Squaw Valley, California, United States
Dates21 February
23 February
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carol Heiss  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sjoukje Dijkstra  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Barbara Roles  United States
← 1956
1964 →

Carol Heiss won gold for the United States going one better from her silver medal at the 1956 Olympics.[1]

Results

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Pl. Name Nation MP TOOM TO TP CFP
1 Carol Heiss   United States 9x1+ 9.0 9.0 1490.1 837.8
2 Sjoukje Dijkstra   Netherlands 7x2+ 14.0 20.0 1424.8 792.0
3 Barbara Roles   United States 8x3+ 22.0 26.0 1414.9 772.9
4 Jana Mrázková   Czechoslovakia 6x5+ 27.0 53.0 1338.7 732.5
5 Joan Haanappel   Netherlands 7x6+ 38.0 52.0 1331.9 737.1
6 Laurence Owen   United States 6x6+ 28.0 57.0 1343.0 741.7
7 Regine Heitzer   Austria 6x6+ 30.0 58.0 1327.9 719.6
8 Anna Galmarini   Italy 6x9+ 48.0 79.0 1295.0 704.4
9 Karin Frohner   Austria 5x9+ 42.0 99.0 1266.0 675.5
10 Sandra Tewkesbury   Canada 8x10+ 67.0 78.0 1296.1 701.7
11 Nicole Hassler   France 7x11+ 68.0 97.0 1272.6 687.3
12 Wendy Griner   Canada 8x12+ 85.0 98.0 1275.0 682.6
13 Danielle Rigoulot   France 6x12+ 65.0 107.0 1253.8 682.6
14 Bärbel Martin   United Team of Germany 5x14+ 66.0 132.0 1219.8 656.3
15 Patricia Pauley   Great Britain 5x14+ 67.0 134.0 1213.8 680.8
16 Carla Tichatschek   Italy 5x15+ 74.0 143.0 1201.1 674.7
17 Junko Ueno   Japan 5x17+ 81.0 158.0 1176.5 677.9
18 Ursel Barkey   United Team of Germany 6x19+ 103.0 166.0 1164.5 653.4
19 Carolyn Krau   Great Britain 6x19+ 105.0 168.0 1160.3 669.2
20 Liliane Crosa   Switzerland 6x19+ 107.0 171.0 1157.4 625.4
21 Miwa Fukuhara   Japan 8x21+ 166.0 188.0 1134.7 644.4
22 Franziska Schmidt   Switzerland 5x20+ 96.0 184.0 1141.8 628.2
23 Marion Sage   South Africa 6x23+ 138.0 210.0 1000.9 545.9
24 Aileen Shaw   Australia 9x25+ 221.0 221.0 965.7 541.4
25 Patricia Eastwood   South Africa 8x25+ 193.0 219.0 970.8 582.4
26 Mary Wilson   Australia 9x26+ 232.0 232.0 890.2 521.4

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References

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  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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