Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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Pair skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram.svg
Venue Blyth Arena
Squaw Valley, California, United States
Dates19 February
Competitors26 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Barbara Wagner
Robert Paul
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Nancy Ludington
Ronald Ludington
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
  1956
1964  

The pair skating competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at the Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley, California, United States. The event took place on Friday 19 February 1960. Each judge ranked the skaters by Ordinal Placement from first to last place. If a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall; this process was repeated for each place. If more than one skater had a majority ranking for the same position, then a series of tiebreaks were in place, indicated in order in the Results section below.

Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul won gold for Canada, having not been beaten since the 1956 Winter Olympics. [1]

Results

Pl.NameNationMPTOOMTOTP
1 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 7x1+7.07.080.4
2 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4x2+8.019.076.8
3 Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 4x3+11.027.576.2
4 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 6x4+19.026.075.9
5 Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 5x5+20.036.072.5
6 Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5x5+25.038.072.3
7 Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4x7+26.553.070.2
8 Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5x8+35.554.569.8
9 Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4x9+30.060.568.6
10 Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 5x10+46.069.067.5
11 Ila Ray Hadley / Ray Hadley US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 4x11+41.078.065.7
12 Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5x12+57.083.063.7
13 Marcelle Matthews / Gwyn Jones Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 7x13+85.585.563.6

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References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.