Men's slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
Date | February 24, 1960 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:09.62 | ||||||||||||
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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 slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held on February 24 at Squaw Valley. [1] [2]
The defending world champion was Josl Rieder of Austria. [3]
During the event, race officials asked CBS if they could review videotape of the race because of a controversy about one skier who was alleged to have missed a gate. This gave CBS producers the idea to invent instant replay. [4]