Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

In the VIII Olympic Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley three competitions were held in figure skating. Venue was the Blyth Memorial Arena, which offered 9,000 spectators.

Medalist

Gentlemen

Z = Withdrawn

The performances were judged by nine adjudicators.

David Jenkins was after the vorangeganegen Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in the footsteps of his brother, the reigning Olympic champion Hayes Alan Jenkins, entered and remained unbeaten. It was his role as favorite, and loosened his brother as Olympic champion from a one-time process in the figure skating history. The Czechoslovak Karol Divín, who won the obligation, the freestyle but he finished only sixth, won the silver medal. The bronze went to Canadian Donald Jackson. Alain Giletti missed a medal extremely scarce and was four years ago fourth.

Ladies

The performances were judged by nine adjudicators.

Couples

The performances were judged by seven adjudicators.

1960 Winter Olympics Unified Team of Germany Carol Heiss Barbara Roles Barbara Wagner Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington Karol Divín France Alain Calmat Manfred Schnelldorfer Tilo Gutzeit Donald McPherson (figure skater) Nobuo Satō Australia Laurence Owen Regine Heitzer Italy Karin Frohner Nicole Hassler Wendy Griner Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek Franz Ningel Maribel Owen Dudley Richards 1960 Winter Olympics medal table Nordic skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the Olympic Games Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

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