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

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Women's slalom
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Ann Heggtveit 1960.jpg
Anne Heggtveit with her gold medal
Venue Squaw Valley
DateFebruary 26, 1960
Competitors43 from 21 nations
Winning time1:49.6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anne Heggtveit Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Betsy Snite US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Barbi Henneberger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
  1956
1964  
Alpine runs of the 1960 Winter Olympics Squaw-Valley-1960-Ski-Venues.jpg
Alpine runs of the 1960 Winter Olympics

The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26, [1] and was the final alpine event of the games.

The defending world champion was Inger Bjørnbakken of Norway, [2] who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of Canada won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run. [3] She also won the combined, a world championship title. [4] [5]

Results

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg Anne Heggtveit Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 0:54.00:55.61:49.6
Silver medal icon.svg Betsy Snite US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 0:57.40:55.51:52.9+3.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Barbi Henneberger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 0:57.40:59.21:56.6+7.0
4 Thérèse Leduc Flag of France.svg  France 0:59.20:58.21:57.4+7.8
5 Hilde Hofherr Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:59.00:59.01:58.0+8.4
Liselotte Michel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:58.80:59.2
7 Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0:58.50:59.91:58.4+8.8
8 Sonja Sperl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 0:59.00:59.81:58.8+9.2
9 Renie Cox US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 0:59.40:59.81:59.2+9.6
10 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:57.41:01.91:59.3+9.7
11 Marit Haraldsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:59.81:00.01:59.8+10.2
12 Nancy Holland Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1:01.60:59.52:01.1+11.5
13 Anneliese Meggl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1:02.50:59.92:02.4+12.8
14 Inger Bjørnbakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:57.31:05.22:02.5+12.9
15 Carla Marchelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:01.11:01.82:02.9+13.3
16 Putzi Frandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:59.21:03.82:03.0+13.4
17 Anne-Marie Leduc Flag of France.svg  France 0:58.61:04.92:03.5+13.9
18 Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:03.31:01.02:04.3+14.7
19 Marguerite Leduc Flag of France.svg  France 1:02.21:02.42:04.6+15.0
20 Jerta Schir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:05.61:00.62:06.2+16.6
21 Heidi Biebl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1:09.20:57.32:06.5+16.9
22 Arlette Grosso Flag of France.svg  France 1:07.50:59.32:06.8+17.2
23 Marían Navarro Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:05.21:02.82:08.0+18.4
24 Elizabeth Greene Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1:06.01:04.42:10.4+20.8
25 María Cristina Schweizer Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:05.91:06.02:11.9+22.3
26 Beverley Anderson US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 1:13.11:00.02:13.1+23.5
27 Josephine Gibbs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.11:09.12:13.2+23.6
28 Madeleine Chamot-Berthod Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:12.11:03.32:15.4+25.8
29 Christine Davy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:13.11:04.12:17.2+27.6
30 Lyubov Volkova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:00.81:16.52:17.3+27.7
31 Nancy Greene Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1:09.41:08.62:18.0+28.4
32 Trish Prain Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:05.51:12.92:18.4+28.8
33 Penny Pitou US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 0:58.51:21.32:19.8+30.2
34 Renate Holmes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:16.11:07.42:23.5+33.9
35 Jolanda Schir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:02.31:25.82:28.1+38.5
36 Astrid Sandvik Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:58.11:31.32:29.4+39.8
37 Wendy Farrington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:08.41:30.82:39.2+49.6
38 Cecilia Womersley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:17.71:25.43:43.1+1:53.5
- Marianne Jahn-Nutt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:55.5DQ--
- Annemarie Waser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:57.6DQ--
- Traudl Hecher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:58.6DQ--
- Yvonne Rüegg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DQ---
- Liv Jagge-Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DQ---

Source: [1]

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