Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	31 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Vic Ekberg
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

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Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Peter Brockhoff	Downhill	—				2:39.7	+33.7	57
	Giant slalom	—				Disqualified
	Slalom	1:27.3	44	1:24.4	29	2:51.7	+42.8	30
Bill Day	Downhill	—				2:30.5	+24.5	52
	Giant slalom	—				2:12.2	+23.9	41
	Slalom	1:22.1	33	DSQ	–	DSQ	–	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Christine Davy	Downhill	—				1:50.6	+13.0	27
	Giant slalom	—				1:50.7	+10.8	32
	Slalom	1:13.1	38	1:04.1	24	2:17.2	+27.6	29

Cross-country skiing

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

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Men

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Athlete(s)	Event	CF	FS	TO	Points	Rank
Bill Cherrell	Men's	19	18	162	1042.3	18
Tim Spencer		18	11	142	1171.2	17
Aileen Shaw	Ladies'	25	24	221	965.7	25
Mary Wilson		26	26	232	890.2	26
Jackie Mason & Mervyn Bower	Pairs	12	—	83	63.7	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Team roster^[2][3]

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

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

First round

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	0	19	6	+13	4
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	8	+15	2
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	2	30	−28	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

February 20, 1960.

Czechoslovakia

18–1 (7–1, 3–0, 8–0)

Australia

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

February 21, 1960.

United States

12–1 (6–0, 3–0, 3–1)

Australia

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

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	4	3	0	1	50	11	+39	7
2	Japan	4	2	1	1	32	22	+10	5
3	Australia	4	0	4	0	8	57	−49	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

February 22, 1960

Australia

1–14 (1–8, 0–4, 0–2)

Finland

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

February 24, 1960

Australia

2–13 (0–3, 0–4, 2–6)

Japan

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

February 25, 1960

Australia

2–19 (6–1, 5–1, 8–0)

Finland

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

February 27, 1960

Japan

11–3 (6–0, 2–1, 3–2)

Australia

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

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

See also

• Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

References

Specific

1. "VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California - 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
2. "Australian Athletes At The Games". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
3. 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