The Women's giant slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Tuesday, February 23.
The defending world champion was Lucile Wheeler of Canada, who had retired from international competition.
Yvonne Rüegg of Switzerland edged Penny Pitou of the United States by a tenth of a second, the smallest margin at the time.
Results Rank Name Country Time Difference Yvonne Rüegg 1:39.9 — Penny Pitou 1:40.0 + 0.1 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo 1:40.2 + 0.3 4 Betsy Snite 1:40.4 + 0.55 Anneliese Meggl 1:40.7 + 0.8 Carla Marchelli 7 Thérèse Leduc 1:40.8 + 0.9 8 Anne-Marie Leduc 1:41.5 + 1.69 Hilde Hofherr 1:41.9 + 2.0 Sonja Sperl Madeleine Chamot-Berthod 12 Anne Heggtveit 1:42.1 + 2.2 13 Janine Monterrain 1:42.4 + 2.5 14 Liselotte Michel 1:42.5 + 2.615 Jerta Schir 1:42.6 + 2.7 Barbi Henneberger 17 Pia Riva 1:42.9 + 3.0 18 Arlette Grosso 1:43.9 + 4.0 19 Astrid Sandvik 1:45.4 + 5.5 20 Inger Bjørnbakken 1:45.5 + 5.621 Putzi Frandl 1:45.7 + 5.8 Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina 23 Annemarie Waser 1:46.0 + 6.1 24 Liv Jagge-Christiansen 1:46.4 + 6.5 25 Traudl Hecher 1:46.7 + 6.8 26 Nancy Greene 1:47.4 + 7.5 27 Cecilia Womersley 1:47.7 + 7.8 28 Elizabeth Greene 1:48.4 + 8.5 29 Nancy Holland 1:48.7 + 8.8 30 Lyubov Volkova 1:48.9 + 9.0 31 Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova 1:50.0 + 10.1 32 Christine Davy 1:50.7 + 10.8 33 Josephine Gibbs 1:51.9 + 12.0 34 Trish Prain 1:52.4 + 12.5 35 María Cristina Schweizer 1:55.2 + 15.3 36 Beverley Anderson 1:57.4 + 17.5 37 Heidi Biebl 2:01.5 + 21.6 38 Renate Holmes 2:03.9 + 24.0 39 Wendy Farrington 2:04.2 + 24.3 40 Sonja McCaskie 2:06.1 + 26.2 - Erika Netzer DQ - - Marit Haraldsen DQ - - Linda Meyers DQ - - Marían Navarro DQ -
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