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 | ||||||||||||
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 |
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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[]
- Source:[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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