1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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The United Kingdom took part in the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 in the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort under the name Great Britain with a delegation of 17 athletes in five disciplines, including eleven men and six women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was cross-country skier and biathlete John Moore .
Participants by sport
biathlon
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John Moore
- 20 km individual: 29th place (2: 08: 50.8 h)
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Norman Shutt
- 20 km individual: 30th place (2: 11: 36.5 h)
figure skating
Men
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David Clements
- 15th place (1174.7)
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Robin Jones
- 12th place (1220.4)
Women
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Carolyn Krau
- 19th place (1160.3)
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Patricia Pauley
- 15th place (1213.8)
Speed skating
Men
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Terry Malkin
- 500 m: race not finished
- 1500 m: 40th place (2: 25.0 min)
- 5000 m: 33rd place (8: 56.1 min)
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Terry Monaghan
- 500 m: 38th place (44.0 s)
- 1500 m: 26th place (2: 19.9 min)
- 5000 m: 11th place (8: 15.3 min)
- 10,000 m: 5th place (16: 31.6 min)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Charlach Mackintosh
- Downhill: 35th place (2: 25.1 min)
- Giant slalom: disqualified
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John Oakes
- Downhill: 55th place (2: 36.0 min)
- Giant Slalom: 48th place (2: 16.3 min)
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Geoffrey Pitchford
- Downhill: 40th place (2: 27.3 min)
- Giant Slalom: 50th place (2: 20.4 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
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Robert Skepper
- Downhill: 43rd place (2: 28.1 min)
- Giant Slalom: 53rd place (2: 26.2 min)
- Slalom: 36th place (3: 00.1 min)
Women
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Wendy Farrington
- Downhill: 28th place (1: 50.8 min)
- Giant Slalom: 39th place (2: 04.2 min)
- Slalom: 37th place (2: 39.2 min)
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Josephine Gibbs
- Departure: 25th place (1: 50.3 min)
- Giant Slalom: 33rd place (1: 51.9 min)
- Slalom: 27th place (2: 13.2 min)
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Renate Holmes
- Downhill: 31st place (1: 51.9 min)
- Giant Slalom: 38th place (2: 03.9 min)
- Slalom: 34th place (2: 23.5 min)
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Sonja McCaskie
- Giant Slalom: 40th place (2: 06.1 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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John Moore
- 15 km: 44th place (58: 35.0 min)
- 30 km: 38th place (2: 08: 58.6 h)
- 50 km: 30th place (3: 43: 15.3 h)
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Andrew Morgan
- 15 km: 49th place (1: 01: 32.9 h)
- 30 km: 41st place (2: 13: 38.9 h)
- 50 km: race not finished
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Norman Shutt
- 15 km: 52nd place (1: 07: 34.0 h)
- 50 km: race not finished
Web links
- Great Britain at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )