| Men's giant slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Gold medalist Roger Staub | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 65 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:48.3 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held on February 21 at Squaw Valley. [1] [2]
The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria. [3]
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