Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Austria at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.oeoc.at  (in German)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors26 (17 men, 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Norbert Felsinger (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Austria competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Contents

As Innsbruck would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, an Austrian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ernst Hinterseer Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pepi Stiegler Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hias Leitner Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ernst Hinterseer Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Traudl Hecher Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Otto Leodolter Ski jumping Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anderl Molterer Downhill2:15.119
Pepi Stiegler 2:13.115
Egon Zimmermann 2:09.810
Karl Schranz 2:09.27
Anderl Molterer Giant Slalom1:51.612
Karl Schranz 1:50.87
Ernst Hinterseer 1:49.1Bronze medal icon.svg
Pepi Stiegler 1:48.7Silver medal icon.svg
Ernst Oberaigner SlalomDSQDSQ
Pepi Stiegler 1:11.51059.632:11.15
Hias Leitner 1:11.1959.222:10.3Silver medal icon.svg
Ernst Hinterseer 1:10.7558.212:08.9Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Herlinde Beutlhauser DownhillDSQ
Putzi Frandl 2:11.639
Erika Netzer 1:41.18
Traudl Hecher 1:38.9Bronze medal icon.svg
Erika Netzer Giant SlalomDSQ
Traudl Hecher 1:46.725
Putzi Frandl 1:45.721
Hilde Hofherr 1:41.99
Putzi Frandl Slalom59.2161:03.8232:03.016
Hilde Hofherr 59.01459.051:58.05
Traudl Hecher 58.611DSQDSQ
Marianne Jahn-Nutt 55.52DSQDSQ

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Norbert Felsinger 6DNFDNF
Peter Jonas 14151213.211513
Hubert Köpfler 12141217.011411
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Karen Frohner 9111266.0999
Regine Heitzer 741327.9587
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Diana Hinko
Heinz Döpfl
69.854.58

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Alois Leodolter Individual60.562.5205.5141'06:21.9209.48425414.98421

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Willi Egger Normal hill78.588.13776.097.328185.434
Walter Steinegger 87.5103.31479.5102.616205.916
Alwin Plank 87.5105.31075.5101.422206.714
Otto Leodolter 88.5107.6683.5111.82219.4Bronze medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Hermann Strutz 44.440
Franz Offenberger 43.029
1500 m Franz Offenberger DNF
Hermann Strutz 2:19.424
5000 m Franz Offenberger 8:38.229
Hermann Strutz 8:21.918
10,000 m Hermann Strutz 17:06.519

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