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

Women's downhill
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Squaw Valley
Date February 20
Competitors 42 from 14 nations
Winning time 1:37.6
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Heidi Biebl  United Team of Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Penny Pitou  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Traudl Hecher  Austria

The Women's downhill competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Lucille Wheeler of Canada.[3]

Results

[1]

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1st, gold medalist(s)Heidi Biebl United Team of Germany1:37.6-
2nd, silver medalist(s)Penny Pitou United States1:38.6+1.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Traudl Hecher Austria1:38.9+1.3
4Pia Riva Italy1:39.9+2.3
5Jerta Schir Italy1:40.5+2.9
6Anneliese Meggl United Team of Germany1:40.8+3.2
7Sonja Sperl United Team of Germany1:41.0+3.4
8Erika Netzer Austria1:41.1+3.5
9Yvonne Rüegg Switzerland1:41.6+4.0
Carla Marchelli Italy
11Barbi Henneberger United Team of Germany1:42.4+4.8
12Anne Heggtveit Canada1:42.9+5.3
Marit Haraldsen Norway
14Thérèse Leduc
Arlette Grosso		 France1:44.2+6.6
Jolanda Schir Italy
17Nancy Holland Canada1:45.2+7.6
18Marguerite Leduc France1:45.6+8.0
19Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina Soviet Union1:46.5+8.9
20Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova Soviet Union1:46.7+9.1
21Joan Hannah United States1:47.9+10.3
22Nancy Greene Canada1:48.3+10.7
23Lyubov Volkova Soviet Union1:49.2+11.6
24Marían Navarro Spain1:49.7+12.1
25Josephine Gibbs Great Britain1:50.3+12.7
26Margrit Gertsch Switzerland1:50.4+12.8
27Christine Davy Australia1:50.6+13.0
28Wendy Farrington Great Britain1:50.8+13.2
29María Cristina Schweizer Argentina1:51.0+13.4
30Liv Jagge-Christiansen Norway1:51.2+13.6
31Renate Holmes Great Britain1:51.9+14.3
32Elizabeth Greene Canada1:53.3+15.7
33Linda Meyers United States1:53.4+15.8
34Cecilia Womersley New Zealand1:59.5+21.9
35Liselotte Michel Switzerland2:01.0+23.4
36Trish Prain New Zealand2:01.5+23.9
37Astrid Sandvik Norway2:02.9+25.3
38Janine Monterrain France2:03.0+25.4
39Putzi Frandl Austria2:11.6+34.0
-Betsy Snite United StatesDQ-
-Annemarie Waser SwitzerlandDQ-
-Herlinde Beutlhauser AustriaDQ-

References

  1. 1 2 "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's Downhill". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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