Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1960 Winter
competitors=31
sports=6
flagbearer=Vic Ekburg

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.

Results by event

Alpine skiing

* Downhill: Bill Day (52nd/61), Peter Brockhoff (57th)
* Giant slalom: Bill Day (41st/58), Peter Brockhoff (Disqualified)
* Slalom: Peter Brockhoff (30th/40), Bill Day (Disqualified)

Women:

* Downhill: Christine Davy (27th/39)
* Giant Slalom: Christine Davy (32nd/40)
* Slalom: Christine Davy (29th/38)

Cross-country skiing

* 15km: Richard Walpole (51st/54)

Figure skating

* Men: Tim Spencer (17th), Bill Cherrell (18th)
* Women: Aileen Shaw (24th/26), Mary Wilson (26th)
* Pairs: Jacqueline Mason and Mervyn Bower (12th/13)

Ice hockey

* Men's team: Australia (9th out of 9)

Nordic combined

* 15km and 60m: Hal Nerdal (31st/31)

peed skating

* 500m: Colin Hickey (13th/44), Roy Tutty (35th)
* 1500m: Colin Hickey (14th/45), Roy Tutty (37th)

ee also

*Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

* [http://www.olympics.com.au/ Australia NOC]
* [http://www.owia.org/ Olympic Winter Institute of Australia]

References

*"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in )

*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" [http://web.archive.org/web/20030308012801/http%3A//www.olympics.com.au/cp7/c9/webi/externaldocument/000114aq.pdf PDF file]

*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in )

*"Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" [http://www.isa.org.au/results_1911-2004.htm Ice Skating Australia]