Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom
The Men's slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley.[1][2]
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Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
Date | February 24 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:09.62 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
The defending world champion was Josl Rieder of Austria.[3]
During the event, race officials asked CBS if they could review videotape of the race because of a controversy about one skier who was alleged to have missed a gate. This gave CBS producers the idea to invent instant replay.[4]
Results
References
- "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- "1958 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Alpine Skiing, Men: Slalom". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 198.
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