Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
| Women's giant slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 23, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.9 | ||||||||||||
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Yvonne Rüegg |
 Switzerland
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Penny Pitou |
 United States
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Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo |
 Italy
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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.
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