Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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
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

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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

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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

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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	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	19	6	4
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	23	8	2
3	Australia	2	0	2	2	30	0

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

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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

External links

References

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 "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 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

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Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing

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Ice hockey

Nordic combined

Speed skating

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