Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Final/TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDiffRankPeter BrockhoffDownhillcolspan=4 2:39.7 +33.757Giant slalomcolspan=4 DisqualifiedSlalom1:27.3441:24.4292:51.7 +42.830Bill DayDownhillcolspan=4 2:30.5 +24.552Giant slalomcolspan=4 2:12.2 +23.941Slalom1:22.133DSQ–DSQ––

Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Final/TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDiffRankChristine DavyDownhillcolspan=4 1:50.6 +13.027Giant slalomcolspan=4 1:50.7 +10.832Slalom1:13.1381:04.1242:17.2 +27.629

Cross-country skiing

Men AthleteEventRaceTimeRankRichard Walpole15 km1:06:48.351

Figure skating

Athlete(s) Event Points RankBill CherrellMen's19181621042.318Tim Spencer18111421171.217Aileen ShawLadies'2524221965.725Mary Wilson2626232890.226Jackie Mason & Mervyn BowerPairs128363.712

Ice hockey

Team roster 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

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankTimeRankPointsPointsRankHal NerdalIndividual138.0331:10:15.6194.38730332.38731

Speed skating

AthleteEventFinalTimeRankColin Hickey500 m41.3131500 m2:16.114Roy Tutty500 m43.5351500 m2:23.837

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 Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257) "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia