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Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Figure skating competitions at the VIII Winter Olympic Games were held from February 19 to 26, 1960 in Squaw Valley ( USA ) on artificial ice near the Memorial Arena . Athletes competed in three disciplines: in men's and women 's singles and in pairs .

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Medals

Overall medal standings

A placeA countryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
one  USA202four
2  Canadaone0one2
3  United german team0one0one
  Netherlands0one0one
  Czechoslovakia0one0one
Total3339

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men's single skating  David jenkins
USA
  Karol Divin
Czechoslovakia
  Donald Jackson
Canada
Women's single skating  Carol Hayss
USA
  Shaukye Dijkstra
Netherlands
  Barbara Rawles
USA
Pair skating  Canada
Barbara Wagner
Robert Paul
  United german team
Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Boimler
  USA
Nancy Ludington
Ronald Ludington

Country Representation

In total, 69 skaters (31 men and 38 women) from 14 countries took part in the Olympic Games (the number of skaters per country is shown in brackets):

  •   Australia (6)
  •   Austria (4)
  •   Great Britain (4)
  •   United German Team (11)
  •   Italy (2)
  •   Canada (8)
  •   Netherlands (2)
  •   USSR (4)
  •   USA (12)
  •   France (4)
  •   Czechoslovakia (2)
  •   Switzerland (3)
  •   South Africa (4)
  •   Japan (3)

Results

Men

A placeNameA countryCFFSPointsAmount
places
oneDavid jenkins  USA2one1440.2ten
2Karol Divin  Czechoslovakiaonefive1414.322
3Donald Jackson  Canadafour21401.031
fourAlain Gilletti  France331399.231
fiveTim Brown  USAfivefour1374.143
6Alain Kalma  Franceeight61340.354
7Robert Brewer  USA7eight1320.366
eightManfred Schneldorfer  United german team991303.375
9Tilo Gutzeit  United german teamtenten1274.086
tenDonald Macpherson  Canada1371279.783
elevenHubert Kepfler  Switzerland12141217.0114
12Christopher Jones  Great Britain15121220.4113
13Peter Jonas  Austria14151213.2115
14Nobuo Sato  Japaneleven171206.8120
15David Clements  Great Britainsixteen131174.7135
sixteenBobo Beckenauer  United german team17sixteen1161.2137
17Tim Spencer  Australia18eleven1171.2142
18William Cherrell  Australianineteen181042.2162
WdNorbert Felsinger  Austria6

Women

A placeNameA countryCFFSPointsAmount
places
oneCarol Hayss  USAoneone1490.19
2Shaukye Dijkstra  Netherlands231424.820
3Barbara Rawles  USA321414.926
fourYana Mrazkova  Czechoslovakiafivefive1338.753
fiveJoan Haanappel  Netherlandsfour71331.952
6Lawrence Owen  USA661343.057
7Regina Heitzer  Austria7four1327.958
eightAnna Galmarini  Italyeightten1295.079
9Karin Froner  Austria9eleven1266.099
tenSandra Tewkesbury  Canadaten91296.178
elevenNicole Assler  France12121272.697
12Wendy Greiner  Canada13eight1275.098
13Dani Pizhulo  Franceeleven131253.8107
14Barbara Martin  United german team18141219.8132
15Patricia Powley  Great Britain14sixteen1213.8134
sixteenCarla Tichatschek  Italysixteen151201.1143
17Junko Hiramatsu  Japan15201176.5158
18Ursel Barki  United german team20181164.5166
nineteenCarolyn Krau  Great Britain17211160.3168
20Liliane Crosa  Switzerland22171157.4171
21Miva Fukuhara  Japannineteen221134.7188
22Francis Schmidt  Switzerland21nineteen1141.8184
23Marion Sage  South African24231000.9210
24Eileen Shaw  Australia2524965.7221
25Patricia Eastwood  South African2325970.8219
26Mary wilson  Australia2626890.2232

Couples

A placeSkatersA countryPointsAmount
places
oneBarbara Wagner / Robert Paul  Canada80.47
2Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Boimler  United german team76.8nineteen
3Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington  USA76.227.5
fourMaria Yelinek / Otto Yelinek  Canada75.926
fiveMargrethe Goble / Franz Ningel  United german team72.536
6Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk  the USSR72.338
7Rita Blumenberg / Werner Menshing  United german team70.253
eightDiana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl  Austria69.854.5
9Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov  the USSR68.654.5
tenMaribel Owen / Dudley Richards  USA67.569
elevenEli Ray Hadley / Ray Hadley  USA65.778
12Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bover  Australia63.783
13Marcella Matzevs / Gwyn Jones  South African63.685.5

WD - the competition is not finished.

Facts

  • Athletes from Europe , North America , Asia , Australia, Oceania and Africa took part in figure skating competitions at the VIII Winter Olympic Games.
  • For the first time, skaters from Africa took part in the Olympic Games.
  • The youngest figure skater at the 1960 Olympics was Marcella Matzevs from South Africa , playing in a sports pair with Gwyn Jones , at that time she was only 11 years old and 306 days.
  • The oldest skater at the 1960 Olympics was Dudley Richards from the USA , playing in a sports pair with Maribel Owen , he was 28 years old and 16 days old.
  • After a quarter of a century, Asian skaters again took part in figure skating competitions.
  • At the VIII Winter Olympics, the sports delegation from South Africa consisted only of skaters.

See also

  • 1960 World Figure Skating Championships

Links

  • Results on the website of V. Solovyov (Russian)
  • Men's Singles Results at eskatefans.com
  • Female Singles Results at eskatefans.com (link unavailable )
  • Pair skating results on eskatefans.com (link not available )
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Winter_Olympic_Game_Riding_1960&oldid = 100932252


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