Английская Википедия:Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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The Men's downhill competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Monday, February 22. The race was postponed from February 19, due to heavy snow fall.[1][2][3][4]
The downhill race start was at the top of Squaw Peak at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert. The course length was Шаблон:Convert, with a vertical drop of Шаблон:Convert.[2]
Austrian Toni Sailer, the defending FIS Downhill World Champion did not compete as he had previously retired.[5]
Jean Vuarnet, the bronze medalist at the world championships two years earlier, won by a half-second in the only Olympic event of his career. It was the first time an Olympic race was won on metal skis.[6][7][8][9][10] Vuarnet's winning time of 126.0 seconds yielded an average speed of Шаблон:Convert, with an average vertical descent rate of Шаблон:Convert.
Helmets
This was the first Olympic downhill in which crash helmets were mandatory,[11] following the race death in 1959 of Canadian John Semmelink at Garmisch, West Germany.[12][13] During his final race, Semmelink wore a leather helmet, which was more protection than many racers used at the time.[11] The U.S. Ski Team first wore crash helmets at the 1956 Winter Olympics,[14] but most of the Europeans went without.[11][15]
Results
Monday, February 22, 1960
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −8).
References
External links
- YouTube: Flame in the Snow – an official film of the VIII Olympic Winter Games (1960) – Men's downhill (8:50 to 11:34)
- VIII Olympic Winter Games 1960 Squaw Valley, California, Final Report Published by the California Olympic Commission, California State Printing Office, July 1960.
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