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 place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | 2 | 0 | 2 | four |
| 2 | Canada | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| 3 | United german team | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Netherlands | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 place | Name | A country | CF | FS | Points | Amount places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | David jenkins | USA | 2 | one | 1440.2 | ten |
| 2 | Karol Divin | Czechoslovakia | one | five | 1414.3 | 22 |
| 3 | Donald Jackson | Canada | four | 2 | 1401.0 | 31 |
| four | Alain Gilletti | France | 3 | 3 | 1399.2 | 31 |
| five | Tim Brown | USA | five | four | 1374.1 | 43 |
| 6 | Alain Kalma | France | eight | 6 | 1340.3 | 54 |
| 7 | Robert Brewer | USA | 7 | eight | 1320.3 | 66 |
| eight | Manfred Schneldorfer | United german team | 9 | 9 | 1303.3 | 75 |
| 9 | Tilo Gutzeit | United german team | ten | ten | 1274.0 | 86 |
| ten | Donald Macpherson | Canada | 13 | 7 | 1279.7 | 83 |
| eleven | Hubert Kepfler | Switzerland | 12 | 14 | 1217.0 | 114 |
| 12 | Christopher Jones | Great Britain | 15 | 12 | 1220.4 | 113 |
| 13 | Peter Jonas | Austria | 14 | 15 | 1213.2 | 115 |
| 14 | Nobuo Sato | Japan | eleven | 17 | 1206.8 | 120 |
| 15 | David Clements | Great Britain | sixteen | 13 | 1174.7 | 135 |
| sixteen | Bobo Beckenauer | United german team | 17 | sixteen | 1161.2 | 137 |
| 17 | Tim Spencer | Australia | 18 | eleven | 1171.2 | 142 |
| 18 | William Cherrell | Australia | nineteen | 18 | 1042.2 | 162 |
| Wd | Norbert Felsinger | Austria | 6 |
Women
| A place | Name | A country | CF | FS | Points | Amount places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Carol Hayss | USA | one | one | 1490.1 | 9 |
| 2 | Shaukye Dijkstra | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 1424.8 | 20 |
| 3 | Barbara Rawles | USA | 3 | 2 | 1414.9 | 26 |
| four | Yana Mrazkova | Czechoslovakia | five | five | 1338.7 | 53 |
| five | Joan Haanappel | Netherlands | four | 7 | 1331.9 | 52 |
| 6 | Lawrence Owen | USA | 6 | 6 | 1343.0 | 57 |
| 7 | Regina Heitzer | Austria | 7 | four | 1327.9 | 58 |
| eight | Anna Galmarini | Italy | eight | ten | 1295.0 | 79 |
| 9 | Karin Froner | Austria | 9 | eleven | 1266.0 | 99 |
| ten | Sandra Tewkesbury | Canada | ten | 9 | 1296.1 | 78 |
| eleven | Nicole Assler | France | 12 | 12 | 1272.6 | 97 |
| 12 | Wendy Greiner | Canada | 13 | eight | 1275.0 | 98 |
| 13 | Dani Pizhulo | France | eleven | 13 | 1253.8 | 107 |
| 14 | Barbara Martin | United german team | 18 | 14 | 1219.8 | 132 |
| 15 | Patricia Powley | Great Britain | 14 | sixteen | 1213.8 | 134 |
| sixteen | Carla Tichatschek | Italy | sixteen | 15 | 1201.1 | 143 |
| 17 | Junko Hiramatsu | Japan | 15 | 20 | 1176.5 | 158 |
| 18 | Ursel Barki | United german team | 20 | 18 | 1164.5 | 166 |
| nineteen | Carolyn Krau | Great Britain | 17 | 21 | 1160.3 | 168 |
| 20 | Liliane Crosa | Switzerland | 22 | 17 | 1157.4 | 171 |
| 21 | Miva Fukuhara | Japan | nineteen | 22 | 1134.7 | 188 |
| 22 | Francis Schmidt | Switzerland | 21 | nineteen | 1141.8 | 184 |
| 23 | Marion Sage | South African | 24 | 23 | 1000.9 | 210 |
| 24 | Eileen Shaw | Australia | 25 | 24 | 965.7 | 221 |
| 25 | Patricia Eastwood | South African | 23 | 25 | 970.8 | 219 |
| 26 | Mary wilson | Australia | 26 | 26 | 890.2 | 232 |
Couples
| A place | Skaters | A country | Points | Amount places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | Canada | 80.4 | 7 |
| 2 | Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Boimler | United german team | 76.8 | nineteen |
| 3 | Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington | USA | 76.2 | 27.5 |
| four | Maria Yelinek / Otto Yelinek | Canada | 75.9 | 26 |
| five | Margrethe Goble / Franz Ningel | United german team | 72.5 | 36 |
| 6 | Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk | the USSR | 72.3 | 38 |
| 7 | Rita Blumenberg / Werner Menshing | United german team | 70.2 | 53 |
| eight | Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl | Austria | 69.8 | 54.5 |
| 9 | Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | the USSR | 68.6 | 54.5 |
| ten | Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards | USA | 67.5 | 69 |
| eleven | Eli Ray Hadley / Ray Hadley | USA | 65.7 | 78 |
| 12 | Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bover | Australia | 63.7 | 83 |
| 13 | Marcella Matzevs / Gwyn Jones | South African | 63.6 | 85.5 |
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 )