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Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom
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The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26,[1] and was the final alpine event of the games.
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Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
Date | February 26, 1960 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:49.6 | ||||||||||||
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The defending world champion was Inger Bjørnbakken of Norway,[2] who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of Canada won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run.[3] She also won the combined, a world championship title.[4][5]