Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California, United States, consisted of six events.Austria's Ernst Hinterseer led the individual medal table, with one gold and one bronze.The top women's medalist was the United States' Penny Pitou with two silver medals, having lost giant slalom by a tenth of a second.[1] From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years.During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event.