Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	26 (17 men, 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Norbert Felsinger (figure skating)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Austria competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

As Innsbruck would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, an Austrian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ernst Hinterseer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Pepi Stiegler	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Silver	Hias Leitner	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Ernst Hinterseer	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Traudl Hecher	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Bronze	Otto Leodolter	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anderl Molterer	Downhill					2:15.1	19
Pepi Stiegler						2:13.1	15
Egon Zimmermann						2:09.8	10
Karl Schranz						2:09.2	7
Anderl Molterer	Giant Slalom					1:51.6	12
Karl Schranz						1:50.8	7
Ernst Hinterseer						1:49.1
Pepi Stiegler						1:48.7
Ernst Oberaigner	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Pepi Stiegler		1:11.5	10	59.6	3	2:11.1	5
Hias Leitner		1:11.1	9	59.2	2	2:10.3
Ernst Hinterseer		1:10.7	5	58.2	1	2:08.9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Herlinde Beutlhauser	Downhill					DSQ	–
Putzi Frandl						2:11.6	39
Erika Netzer						1:41.1	8
Traudl Hecher						1:38.9
Erika Netzer	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Traudl Hecher						1:46.7	25
Putzi Frandl						1:45.7	21
Hilde Hofherr						1:41.9	9
Putzi Frandl	Slalom	59.2	16	1:03.8	23	2:03.0	16
Hilde Hofherr		59.0	14	59.0	5	1:58.0	5
Traudl Hecher		58.6	11	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Marianne Jahn-Nutt		55.5	2	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Norbert Felsinger	6	DNF	–	–	DNF
Peter Jonas	14	15	1213.2	115	13
Hubert Köpfler	12	14	1217.0	114	11

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Karen Frohner	9	11	1266.0	99	9
Regine Heitzer	7	4	1327.9	58	7

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Diana Hinko Heinz Döpfl	69.8	54.5	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alois Leodolter	Individual	60.5	62.5	205.5	14	1'06:21.9	209.484	25	414.984	21

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Willi Egger	Normal hill	78.5	88.1	37	76.0	97.3	28	185.4	34
Walter Steinegger		87.5	103.3	14	79.5	102.6	16	205.9	16
Alwin Plank		87.5	105.3	10	75.5	101.4	22	206.7	14
Otto Leodolter		88.5	107.6	6	83.5	111.8	2	219.4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hermann Strutz	44.4	40
	Franz Offenberger	43.0	29
1500 m	Franz Offenberger	DNF	–
	Hermann Strutz	2:19.4	24
5000 m	Franz Offenberger	8:38.2	29
	Hermann Strutz	8:21.9	18
10,000 m	Hermann Strutz	17:06.5	19

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com