Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Squaw Valley
Date	February 22
Competitors	63 from 21 nations
Winning time	2:06.0
Medalists
Jean Vuarnet  France Hans Peter Lanig  United Team of Germany Guy Périllat  France

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Downhill	men	women
Giant slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women

Men's Downhill
Location	Squaw Valley Squaw Peak
Vertical	758 m (2,487 ft)
Top elevation	2,707 m (8,881 ft)
Base elevation	1,949 m (6,394 ft)

The Men's downhill competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The race was postponed from February 19 because of heavy snow fall.^[1][2]

The race was run on Squaw Peak, with a starting elevation of 2,707 m (8,881 ft) above sea level; the course length was 3.095 km (1.923 mi), with a vertical drop of 758 m (2,487 ft).^[1]

The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria, who did not compete (retired).^[3]

Jean Vuarnet, the bronze medalist at the world championships two years earlier, won by a half-second in the only Olympic event of his career. It was the first time an Olympic race was won on metal skis.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Results

Monday, February 22, 1960

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Jean Vuarnet	France	2:06.0	—
	Hans Peter Lanig	United Team of Germany	2:06.5	+0.5
	Guy Périllat	France	2:06.9	+0.9
4	Willi Forrer	Switzerland	2:07.8	+1.8
5	Roger Staub	Switzerland	2:08.9	+2.9
6	Bruno Alberti	Italy	2:09.1	+3.1
7	Karl Schranz	Austria	2:09.2	+3.2
8	Charles Bozon	France	2:09.6	+3.6
9	Willy Bogner	United Team of Germany	2:09.7	+3.7
10	Egon N. Zimmermann	Austria	2:09.8	+3.8
11	Luggi Leitner	United Team of Germany	2:10.2	+4.2
12	Paride Milianti	Italy	2:10.8	+4.8
13	Jakob Arduser	Switzerland	2:10.9	+4.9
14	Dave Gorsuch	United States	2:11.0	+5.0
15	Pepi Stiegler	Austria	2:13.1	+7.1
16	Eberhard Riedel	United Team of Germany	2:13.3	+7.3
17	Gordi Eaton	United States	2:14.0	+8.0
18	Max Marolt	United States	2:14.2	+8.2
19	Anderl Molterer	Austria	2:15.1	+9.1
20	Nando Pajarola	Switzerland	2:15.4	+9.4
	Oddvar Rønnestad	Norway
22	Marvin Melville	United States	2:15.9	+9.9
	Verne Anderson	Canada
24	Italo Pedroncelli	Italy	2:16.8	+10.8
25	Felice De Nicolo	Italy	2:18.1	+12.1
26	Jean-Guy Brunet	Canada	2:18.2	+12.2
27	Frederick Tommy	Canada	2:18.4	+12.4
28	Don Bruneski	Canada	2:19.9	+13.9
29	Georgi Varoshkin	Bulgaria	2:20.0	+14.0
30	Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria	2:20.2	+14.2
31	Francisco Cortes	Chile	2:20.8	+14.8
32	Vicente Vera	Chile	2:24.5	+18.5
33	Jóhann Vilbergsson	Iceland	2:24.6	+18.6
34	Chiharu Igaya	Japan	2:25.0	+19.0
35	Charlach Mackintosh	Great Britain	2:25.1	+19.1
36	Kristinn Benediktsson	Iceland	2:26.0	+20.0
37	Eysteinn Þórðarson	Iceland	2:26.2	+20.2
38	Hernán Boher	Chile	2:26.7	+20.7
39	Victor Tagle	Chile	2:26.9	+20.9
40	Geoff Pitchford	Great Britain	2:27.3	+21.3
41	Adolf Fehr	Liechtenstein	2:27.4	+21.4
42	Manuel García-Moran	Spain	2:27.6	+21.6
43	Robert Skepper	Great Britain	2:28.1	+22.1
44	Luis Sánchez	Spain	2:28.3	+22.3
45	Osvaldo Ancinas	Argentina	2:28.4	+22.4
46	Osamu Tada	Japan	2:28.5	+22.5
47	Aleksandar Shalamanov	Bulgaria	2:29.0	+23.0
48	Sam Chaffey	New Zealand	2:29.3	+23.3
49	Silvan Kindle Hermann Kindle	Liechtenstein	2:29.4	+23.4
51	Luis Arias	Spain	2:29.8	+23.8
52	Bill Day	Australia	2:30.5	+24.5
53	Masayoshi Mitani	Japan	2:31.3	+25.3
54	Bill Hunt	New Zealand	2:32.0	+26.0
55	John Oakes	Great Britain	2:36.0	+30.0
56	Ibrahim Geagea	Lebanon	2:39.2	+33.2
57	Peter Brockhoff	Australia	2:39.7	+33.7
58	Zeki Şamiloğlu	Turkey	2:42.4	+36.4
59	Nazih Geagea	Lebanon	3:00.3	+54.3
60	Clemente Tellechea	Argentina	3:20.2	+1:14.2
61	Im Gyeong-sun	South Korea	3:34.4	+1:28.4
-	Adrien Duvillard	France	DQ	-
-	Muzaffer Demirhan	Turkey	DQ	-

Source:^[1]

References

External links

• YouTube: Flame in the Snow – an official film of the VIII Olympic Winter Games (1960) – Men's downhill (8:50 to 11:34)