Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom
| Women's slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
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Anne Heggtveit with her gold medal
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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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Anne Heggtveit |
 Canada
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Betsy Snite |
 United States
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Barbi Henneberger |
 United Team of Germany
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The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26, and was the final alpine event of the games.
The defending world champion was Inger Bjørnbakken of Norway, who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of Canada won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run. She also won the combined, a world championship title.
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