Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley

Competitors

31 in 6 sports

Vic Ekburg

Medals

Gold
0

Silver
0

Bronze
0

Total
0

Olympic history (summary)

* with New Zealand as Australasia

Intercalated Games

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Peter Brockhoff	Downhill	N/A				2:39.7	+33.7	57
	Giant slalom	N/A				Disqualified
	Slalom	1:27.3	43	1:24.4	29	2:51.7	+42.8	30
Bill Day	Downhill	N/A				4:02.0	+1:56.0	35
	Giant slalom	N/A				3:56.9	+2:08.6	61
	Slalom	Disqualified

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Christine Davy	Downhill	N/A				2:01.6	+20.9	39
	Giant slalom	N/A				2:17.3	+20.8	37
	Slalom	1:26.1	32	1:21.5	29	2:47.6	+55.3	33

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Richard Walpole	15 km	1:06:48.3	51

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	CF	FS	TO	Points	Rank
Bill Cherrell	Men's	19	18	162	1042.2	18
Tim Spencer	Men's	18	11	142	1171.2	17
Aileen Shaw	Ladies'	25	24	225	541.4	25
Mary Wilson	Ladies'	26	26	228	521.4	26
Jackie Mason & Mervyn Bower	Pairs	12	N/A	83	63.7	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Team roster^[2]^[3]

Name	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Acton !Ben Acton	5	0	0	0	11
Amess, RonaldRonald Amess	5	0	0	0	2
Cunningham !David Cunningham	5	4	2	6	4
Derrick !Noel Derrick	6	2	1	3	2
Dewhurst !Rob Dewhurst	0	0	0	0	0
Ekberg !Vic Ekberg	6	0	2	2	0
Hansen, BasilBasil Hansen	4	1	0	1	4
Hitch !Clive Hitch	6	0	0	0	0
Jones, RussellRussell Jones	6	2	3	5	4
Nicholas !John Nicholas	6	0	0	0	16
Parrott !Peter Parrott	4	0	0	0	0
Pawley !Ken Pawley	3	0	0	0	0
Thomas !John Thomas	6	1	0	1	6
Tikal !Steve Tikal	1	0	0	0	0
Veseley !Ivo Veseley	2	0	0	0	2
Wellman !Ken Wellman	6	0	0	0	6

Name	GP	W	T	L	MINS	GA	SO	GAA	A	PIM
McLoughlin !Noel McLoughlin	3	0	0	1	120	21	0	10.50	0	0
Reid !Robert Reid	5	0	0	5	240	66	0	16.50	0	0

First round
Group C

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	0	19	6	4
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	8	2
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	2	30	0

February 20, 1960.

Czechoslovakia

18–1
(7–1, 3–0, 8–0)


	Vladimír Nadrchal Vladimír Dvořáček	Goalies	Robert Reid	Referees: Bob Barry Bill Riley
	J. Golonka (J. Starsi) – 02:35 J. Volf – 03:29 R. Potsch (J. Golonka) – 06:31 J. Golonka (J. Cerny) – 08:30 J. Cerny (J. Volf) – 09:30 J. Starsi (M. Vlach) – 14:30 J. Cerny (J. Volf) – 15:56 V. Pantucek (V. Bubnik) – 20:32 R. Potsch (V. Pantucek) – 22:07 J. Starsi (K. Gut) – 33:24 J. Starsi (M. Vlach) – 41:57 K. Gut (V. Pantucek) – 45:02 M. Vlach – 45:49 M. Vlach – 46:42 V. Bubnik (V. Pantucek) – 49:09 J. Golonka (M. Vlach, F. Tikal) – 49:45 M. Vlach (J. Golonka, Jan Kasper) – 53:44 J. Golonka (R. Potsch) – 54:24	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1 13–1 14–1 15–1 16–1 17–1 18–1	05:17 – D. Cunningham (R. Jones, V. Ekberg)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	82	Shots	15

February 21, 1960.

United States

12–1
(6–0, 3–0, 3–1)


	Jack McCartan	Goalies	Robert Reid Noel McLoughlin	Referees: Bill McKenzie Hugh McLean
	W. Olson (P. Johnson, R. Meridith) – 01:09 R. Rodenheiser (Bob Cleary) – 05:13 T. Williams – 09:37 Bob Cleary (Bill Cleary) – 14:07 R. Meridith (E. Owen) – 16:31 J. Mayasich – 17:36 J. Mayasich (T. Williams, R. Christian) – 22:39 J. Kirrane (E. Owen, R. Paavola) – 29:39 R. Christian (T. Williams) – 31:23 R. Meredith – 42:21 P. Johnson (J. Mayasich, B. Christian) – 44:10 E. Owen (B. Christian) – 47:40	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1	41:02 – R. Jones (D. Cunningham)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	47	Shots	10

Consolation round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	0	1	50	11	7
Japan	4	2	1	1	32	22	5
Australia	4	0	4	0	8	57	0

February 22, 1960

1–14
(1–8, 0–4, 0–2)


	Robert Reid Noel McLoughlin	Goalies	Juhani Lahtinen	Referees: Buck Riley Hiroshi Hayrachi
	D. Cunningham – 18:48	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 1–8 1–9 1–10 1–11 1–12 1–13 1–14	03:25 – J. Seistamo 05:19 – R. Kilpio 06:21 – P. Nieminen 07:51 – E. Luostarinen (J. Seistamo) 09:22 – R. Kilpio (J. Wahlsten) 15:54 – V. Soini (E. Luostarinen) 16:04 – R. Kilpio (K. Rassa) 18:07 – P. Nieminen 23:24 – V. Numminen 36:54 – J. Wahlsten 37:51 – J. Wahlsten 39:19 – E. Luostarinen 43:59 – J. Seistamo 36:40 – R. Kilpio
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	46

February 24, 1960

2–13
(0–3, 0–4, 2–6)


	Noel McLoughlin	Goalies	Toshiei Honma	Referees: Buck Riley Marshall Ryman
	N. Derrick (D. Cunningham, V. Ekberg) – 43:11 D. Cunningham (N. Derrick, R. Jones) – 49:28	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 1–8 1–9 1–10 2–10 2–11 2–12 2–13	14:37 – T. Yamada 15:21 – H. Inatsu (I. Ono) 16:14 – T. Kakihara (M. Takashima, Y. Miyazaki) 22:30 – M. Takashima 27:27 – Y. Miyazaki 31:17 – Y. Miyazaki 32:07 – T. Yamada (A. Segawa, M. Tanabu) 42:16 – J. Iwaoka (M. Takashima) 44:21 – I. Ono (A. Segawa) 47:36 – J. Iwaoka (I. Ono) 49:35 – I. Ono (A. Segawa, T. Yamada) 50:29 – T. Yamada (A. Segawa) 53:21 – J. Iwaoka
	19 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	46

February 25, 1960

2–19
(6–1, 5–1, 8–0)


	Robert Reid Noel McLoughlin	Goalies	Juhani Lahtinen	Referees: Marshall Ryman B. Hayashi
	R. Jones – 11:08 J. Thomas – 20:15	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 1–5 1–6 2–6 2–7 2–8 2–9 2–10 2–11 2–12 2–13 2–14 2–15 2–16 2–17 2–18 2–19	00:45 – J. Wahlsten (R. Kilpio) 04:29 – J. Wahlsten (J. Salmi) 05:13 – R. Kilpio 05:18 – H. Pulli 07:58 – E. Luostarinen (J. Seistamo) 18:35 – H. Pulli 21:27 – V. Numminen 23:49 – R. Kilpio (Y. Hakala) 28:16 – V. Numminen 33:19 – E. Luostarinen (Y. Hakala) 34:19 – E. Luostarinen (Y. Hakala) ? – J. Seistamo ? – J. Salmi (T. Rastio) ? – T. Rastio ? – J. Seistamo ? – V. Numminen ? – H. Pulli ? – P. Nieminen (J. Seistamo) ? – J. Seistamo (H. Pulli, P. Nieminen)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	(unknown)	Shots	(unknown)

February 27, 1960

11–3
(6–0, 2–1, 3–2)


	Toshiei Honma	Goalies	Robert Reid	Referees: Buck Riley Marsh Ryman
	T. Kakihara – 00:52 I. Ono – 01:25 A. Irie – 02:40 T. Yamada (A. Irie, A. Segawa) – 08:57 M. Takashima (A. Segawa) – 12:31 A. Segawa – 15:00 A Irie (T. Yamada) – 26:32 M. Murano (S. Honma) – 32:50 H. Inatsu – 42:09 I. Ono (M. Murano) – 53:45 I. Ono – 54:16	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 7–1 8–1 9–1 9–2 9–3 10–3 11–3	28:07 – N. Derrick 47:24 – B. Hansen (R. Jones) 51:13 – D. Cunningham
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	57	Shots	36

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Hal Nerdal	Individual	138.0	33	1:10:15.6	194.387	30	332.387	31

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Colin Hickey	500 m	41.3	13
Colin Hickey	1500 m	2:16.1	14
Roy Tutty	500 m	43.5	35
Roy Tutty	1500 m	2:23.8	37

See also

Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

References

Specific

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California - 1960 - Final Report". California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
↑ "Australian Athletes At The Games". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
↑ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Canada: Moydart Press. pp. 367–560.

General

"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (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 ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
"Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia

Nations at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States

Africa	South Africa

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	Japan South Korea Lebanon

Europe	Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey

Oceania	Australia New Zealand