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

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Men

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

Figure skating

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

Ice hockey

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)

Vladimír Nadrchal
Vladimír Dvořáček

Goalies

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)

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

1–14
(1–8, 0–4, 0–2)

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

2–13
(0–3, 0–4, 2–6)

Noel McLoughlin

Goalies

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

2–19
(6–1, 5–1, 8–0)

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

11–3
(6–0, 2–1, 3–2)

Goalies

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California - 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
^ "Australian Athletes At The Games". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. 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

Australia at the Olympics

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