Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1960
Location:	Squaw Valley
Competitors:	31
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Vic Ekberg
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. This was the first and last time Australia competed in ice hockey and Nordic combined. While ice hockey gave Australia its only top ten finish in this games, the team lost all of their matches, conceding double-digit goals. Australia also competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and figure skating, where Mervyn Bower and Jacqueline Mason came twelfth in the pairs event.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Peter Brockhoff	Downhill	2:39.7	+33.7	57
Giant slalom	Disqualified
Slalom	1:27.3	44	1:24.4	29	2:51.7	+42.8	30
Bill Day	Downhill	2:30.5	+24.5	52
Giant slalom	2:12.2	+23.9	41
Slalom	1:22.1	33	DSQ	–	DSQ	–	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Christine Davy	Downhill	1:50.6	+13.0	27
Giant slalom	1:50.7	+10.8	32
Slalom	1:13.1	38	1:04.1	24	2:17.2	+27.6	29

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event				Points	Rank
Bill Cherrell	Men's	19	18	162	1042.3	18
Tim Spencer	18	11	142	1171.2	17
Aileen Shaw	Ladies'	25	24	221	965.7	25
Mary Wilson	26	26	232	890.2	26
Jackie Mason & Mervyn Bower	Pairs	12		83	63.7	12

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Team roster^{[2] [3]}

Name
	5	0	0	0	11
	5	0	0	0	2
	5	4	2	6	4
	6	2	1	3	2
	0	0	0	0	0
	6	0	2	2	0
	4	1	0	1	4
	6	0	0	0	0
	6	2	3	5	4
	6	0	0	0	16
	4	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0
	6	1	0	1	6
	1	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	2
	6	0	0	0	6

Name
	3	0	0	1	120	21	0	10.50	0	0
	5	0	0	5	240	66	0	16.50	0	0

First round

Group C

Consolation round

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Colin Hickey	500 m	41.3	13
1500 m	2:16.1	14
Roy Tutty	500 m	43.5	35
1500 m	2:23.8	37

See also

• Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

References

Specific

General

• "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
• "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file
• "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in)
• "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California - 1960 - Final Report. LA84 Foundation. California Olympic Commission. 1960. November 11, 2013.
2. Web site: Australian Athletes At The Games . . 2011-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326090739/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/squaw-valley-1960/athletes . 2012-03-26 . live .
3. Book: Podnieks, Andrew . IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 . 2010 . Moydart Press . Canada . 367–560 .