The Women's giant slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Tuesday, February 23. The defending

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, who had retired from international competition. Yvonne Rüegg of Switzerland edged

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by a tenth of a second, the smallest margin at the time.

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