Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Australia at the
1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympics.com.au
in Squaw Valley
Competitors 31 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Vic Ekburg
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
 Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. This was the first and last time Australia competed in ice hockey and nordic combined. While ice hockey gave Australia its only top ten finish in this games, the team lost all of their matches, conceding double-digit goals. Australia also competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and figure skating, where Mervyn Bower and Jacqueline Mason came twelfth in the pairs event.

Alpine skiing

[1]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Diff Rank
Peter Brockhoff Downhill N/A 2:39.7 +33.7 57
Giant slalom N/A Disqualified
Slalom 1:27.3 44 1:24.4 29 2:51.7 +42.8 30
Bill Day Downhill N/A 2:30.5 +24.5 52
Giant slalom N/A 2:12.2 +23.9 41
Slalom 1:22.1 33 DSQ DSQ
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Diff Rank
Christine Davy Downhill N/A 1:50.6 +13.0 27
Giant slalom N/A 1:50.7 +10.8 32
Slalom 1:13.1 38 1:04.1 24 2:17.2 +27.6 29

Cross-country skiing

[1]

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Richard Walpole 15 km 1:06:48.3 51

Figure skating

[1]

Athlete(s) Event CF FS TO Points Rank
Bill Cherrell Men's 19 18 162 1042.3 18
Tim Spencer 18 11 142 1171.2 17
Aileen Shaw Ladies' 25 24 221 965.7 25
Mary Wilson 26 26 232 890.2 26
Jackie Mason & Mervyn Bower Pairs 12 N/A 83 63.7 12

Ice hockey

[1]

Team roster[2][3]

NameGPGAPTSPIM
Ben Acton500011
Ronald Amess50002
David Cunningham54264
Noel Derrick62132
Rob Dewhurst00000
Vic Ekberg60220
Basil Hansen41014
Clive Hitch60000
Russell Jones62354
John Nicholas600016
Peter Parrott40000
Ken Pawley30000
John Thomas61016
Steve Tikal10000
Ivo Veseley20002
Ken Wellman60006
NameGPWTLMINSGASOGAAAPIM
Noel McLoughlin300112021010.5000
Robert Reid500524066016.5000
First round
Group C
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  United States 22001964
2  Czechoslovakia 21102382
3  Australia 20202300
February 20, 1960.Czechoslovakia 18–1
(7–1, 3–0, 8–0)
 Australia
February 21, 1960.United States 12–1
(6–0, 3–0, 3–1)
 Australia
Consolation round
Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 430150117
 Japan 421132225
 Australia 40408570
February 22, 1960Australia 1–14
(1–8, 0–4, 0–2)
 Finland
February 24, 1960Australia 2–13
(0–3, 0–4, 2–6)
 Japan
February 25, 1960Australia 2–19
(6–1, 5–1, 8–0)
 Finland
February 27, 1960Japan 11–3
(6–0, 2–1, 3–2)
 Australia

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Time Rank Points Points Rank
Hal Nerdal Individual 138.0 33 1:10:15.6 194.387 30 332.387 31

Speed skating

[1]

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Colin Hickey 500 m 41.3 13
1500 m 2:16.1 14
Roy Tutty 500 m 43.5 35
1500 m 2:23.8 37

See also

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California - 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. "Australian Athletes At The Games". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  3. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Canada: Moydart Press. pp. 367–560.
General
  • "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
  • "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file
  • "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
  • "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia
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