Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

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
Anne Heggtveit with her gold medal
VenueSquaw Valley
DateFebruary 26, 1960
Competitors43 from 21 nations
Winning time1:49.6
Medalists
Anne Heggtveit  Canada
Betsy Snite  United States
Barbi Henneberger  United Team of Germany
Alpine skiing at the
1960 Winter Olympics
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Alpine runs of the 1960 Winter Olympics

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
RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Anne Heggtveit Canada0:54.00:55.61:49.6—
Betsy Snite United States0:57.40:55.51:52.9+3.3
Barbi Henneberger United Team of Germany0:57.40:59.21:56.6+7.0
4Thérèse Leduc France0:59.20:58.21:57.4+7.8
5Hilde Hofherr Austria0:59.00:59.01:58.0+8.4
Liselotte Michel Switzerland0:58.80:59.2
7Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina Soviet Union0:58.50:59.91:58.4+8.8
8Sonja Sperl United Team of Germany0:59.00:59.81:58.8+9.2
9Renie Cox United States0:59.40:59.81:59.2+9.6
10Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo Italy0:57.41:01.91:59.3+9.7
11Marit Haraldsen Norway0:59.81:00.01:59.8+10.2
12Nancy Holland Canada1:01.60:59.52:01.1+11.5
13Anneliese Meggl United Team of Germany1:02.50:59.92:02.4+12.8
14Inger Bjørnbakken Norway0:57.31:05.22:02.5+12.9
15Carla Marchelli Italy1:01.11:01.82:02.9+13.3
16Putzi Frandl Austria0:59.21:03.82:03.0+13.4
17Anne-Marie Leduc France0:58.61:04.92:03.5+13.9
18Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova Soviet Union1:03.31:01.02:04.3+14.7
19Marguerite Leduc France1:02.21:02.42:04.6+15.0
20Jerta Schir Italy1:05.61:00.62:06.2+16.6
21Heidi Biebl United Team of Germany1:09.20:57.32:06.5+16.9
22Arlette Grosso France1:07.50:59.32:06.8+17.2
23Marían Navarro Spain1:05.21:02.82:08.0+18.4
24Elizabeth Greene Canada1:06.01:04.42:10.4+20.8
25María Cristina Schweizer Argentina1:05.91:06.02:11.9+22.3
26Beverley Anderson United States1:13.11:00.02:13.1+23.5
27Josephine Gibbs Great Britain1:04.11:09.12:13.2+23.6
28Madeleine Chamot-Berthod Switzerland1:12.11:03.32:15.4+25.8
29Christine Davy Australia1:13.11:04.12:17.2+27.6
30Lyubov Volkova Soviet Union1:00.81:16.52:17.3+27.7
31Nancy Greene Canada1:09.41:08.62:18.0+28.4
32Trish Prain New Zealand1:05.51:12.92:18.4+28.8
33Penny Pitou United States0:58.51:21.32:19.8+30.2
34Renate Holmes Great Britain1:16.11:07.42:23.5+33.9
35Jolanda Schir Italy1:02.31:25.82:28.1+38.5
36Astrid Sandvik Norway0:58.11:31.32:29.4+39.8
37Wendy Farrington Great Britain1:08.41:30.82:39.2+49.6
38Cecilia Womersley New Zealand2:17.71:25.43:43.1+1:53.5
-Marianne Jahn-Nutt Austria0:55.5DQ--
-Annemarie Waser Switzerland0:57.6DQ--
-Traudl Hecher Austria0:58.6DQ--
-Yvonne Rüegg SwitzerlandDQ---
-Liv Jagge-Christiansen NorwayDQ---

Source:[1]

References
  1. "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. Sullivan, Jack (February 27, 1960). "Anne Heggtveit wins Olympic slalom". Montreal Gazette. p. 31.
  4. Sullivan, Jack (February 27, 1960). "Anne captures world ski title". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. p. 9.
  5. "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.
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